{"product_id":"defending-dixie-essays-in-southern-history-and-culture-hardcover","title":"Defending Dixie: Essays in Southern History and Culture - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClyde N. Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Introduction by Thomas H. Landess: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWILSON \"IS THE LAST PTERODACTYL, soaring close to the sun, casting a long, cold shadow over the politically correct landscape. This volume ... provides Wilson's growing readership with more of his observations on an astonishing variety of subjects. ... worried over by a mind as precise and expansive as an encyclopedia....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The importance of this book lies in its originality, which derives from the operation of Clyde Wilson's creative intellect on disparate and wide-ranging bodies of knowledge. These are the same old preoccupations given new life and meaning by a real mind-as opposed to what passes for minds in the current intellectual establishment. The book is a joy to read for one more reason: its clear and imaginative prose. Most historians write like sociologists.... Wilson writes like a good novelist.... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDEFENDING DIXIE\u003c\/em\u003e is the kind of book whose prose you can read for sheer pleasure.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Finally, be fore-warned. If you hate the South and don't like to hear good things about the region, you might want to skip this book and pick up a copy of anything Southern that'sfavorably reviewed by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e. As measured and objective as his arguments may be, Clyde Wilson is always the good Southerner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 2006, \u003cem\u003eDEFENDING DIXIE\u003c\/em\u003e has established itself as essential reading in the study of the South. During the years this book has been out of print, copies could be obtained only at very high prices. Persistent interest, evidenced by numerous inquiries regarding its availability, has persuaded Shotwell to republish this Southern classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The current edition is a newly produced version that maintains the original content of the first publication but differs only in format from the original. The companion volume to this work, \u003cem\u003eFROM UNION TO EMPIRE\u003c\/em\u003e-the initial book in Dr. Wilson's two-volume series-will be released subsequently.... \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 476\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978325066029,"sku":"9781963506457","price":46.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/44UafcvYIR9781963506457.webp?v=1775801635","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/defending-dixie-essays-in-southern-history-and-culture-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}