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University of MississippieGroveMississippi Education Collection General Special Collections1950Annotated List of Junior and Senior High SchoolBooks by Mississippi AuthorsFrances H. LordFollow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/ms_educPart of the Education CommonsThis Book is brought to you for free and open access by the General Special Collections at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in MississippiEducation Collection by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact egrove@olemiss.edu.Recommended CitationLord, Frances H., "Annotated List of Junior and Senior High School Books by Mississippi Authors" (1950). Mississippi EducationCollection. 77.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/ms_educ/77An Annotated List of Junior and Senior High School Books by Mississippi .u~lors by Frances H. Lord SinCE) I hava joined th.. rank of Mississippi l1brarians, I have often vished for a hieb school list of books by Mississippi authors, that I might have-8 Mleslsalpp1ana in m'1 librar;y. Be-cau&e I teal that other librarians have felt this need, this list :1 dedicated to tho llbrarians ot Mis is ipp1. On the basis or interest, reading levol, nd sui tabut ty I have carefully evaluatod each book. Fiction Allen,. Leroy B. itricillf Personol. Greenvillci DGmocrat, 19~. " Amusing mec.itat1ons with hi tEl of P lllosophy male this SOY nty .. n1no page book ot the Missiasippi Delta planter interesting roading. L land Baldwin, Cl • Mtcm t.v:. .sua. ashville. Abl don, 1954. S Lite on a cotton plantation is "plenty oxot tlne1t for twelve-y or old Jim. I.fllportant, too, becaUGe "growina cotton ..... goo cotton .... worlas ot cotton ••• was J1m's dre .if Dekalb rrett, Le1ghton, 'QlovflJ'l lOUDg. ashville: nele , 1938. J Gnndmuddler, oanteathar, Um, Bogy-these poopl end many ora are woven into 8 story of family and community life) itr ..... bibine wit, humor and tinally happiness tor all. Bas1nky, E 1"1.. llut 1 -~. ~ York, Dotton, 1955. S !dv nture ich involves s . n on the police foroe COll of st sling. How right triumphs over lIronlh and a "dope" poddl r caught, akes this an interesting and informative story. Viok burg Carter, Bodding. WW1ht st l.I!t. t ew Ioriu 1U.nehert, 1944. S Result ot one t r, ti e foal' ot race--a etor.Y of tho SOUth, w ore tho winda ot foar aN rush:tng today. Gonvl11e C rtar, Hooding. '1229 Crest. w Yorks Rinehart, 1947. S aiturt tho background of th Missiaslppl flood, ~ ~ portl'8Ys love, id allsm, courage, violenoe, and conviet brutalIty behind the threatened levoe. Greenville bola; J Junior. 1igh School S Dior -11gb School J-S Junior and-Senior High SChoole oeton; Littl$. Bro\rlll, 1937. $ H re is t..'le story of 'Delta City nd I6.je Smith, tt14.jl} who had the guts to tame and bumin{; reason to rule • '" ." Bald~ Coc'hrtan, 1ouis-. ~ d. Boston:. Little, 1954 S "'When doll r cotton VilS ld.ll€h Old L1je vas god to th peopl€! he t'Ulad= when Depression d.roVG Qotton down, he c e the devil." Gochn&n, lJ:> 10. Blaek *rth.' Boston: HtUUphnes, 1937 • . S Jerf Rountree is the hom. J ftt s fight v1 thin him-self again t vronlb love,. and htilte. Baldwyli Cocbran, Louis. ~J,lal'df!b, HiW§fJ~ll1. oostonJ Little_ 195'. S "Hall lujilll is r 1 town; composit o:r aU little tows in that lIall lujah Land which was the deep south to tbe 'World Wars -bagan, am tho people \lbo llwd there 88 diatinctiv& race of . n ev r fUled the ho rt of 8 all boy with 1 sting wonder.· Ithqn . Cohn, David Lewis. ggg §DuoS! Lruft1911. I ew YorkS krper, 193~). S The Deltn-th ~"bite and tho Black. Cohn; DavldLawle. llll ~ 91.4 Raya. Uew Jor '. HslW ~S.. 1940. S r1can morals and mannel"OS oem through thE» S0 rs, Boehncl C talog f 1905 to the present. G · nrll1 Crutilp) Lout Be rigge. I Yorks Longmll1ls, 1954 S 1I1G old and th nw South. 1nfwrod with 1011'6. courago atld undorotandine. Greenvill J, }if opl in all tour. ax ve'q much ulomed lJh n murder is committed. -rhe murderor 10 diSOOVONd, a young girl finds happinoss, and down-to- rth Mart.ha Poindexter mes the aher1ft~ GreenVille -3-w Yorlu Pageant, 1942. J-S A romanc of old \fe1;1 OI'leans. IJeeosslty caused Anna Jeffries to install an al't phop and tea roo'.Jl in th old tam.:Uy mansion. Anne and Peter dam.s, her f1 nea, team to muke a h rt warming storY. st rlirlg, Nerone. ! St;"aniii ~ ~. eu Yorlu fa· ant, 195-2. J-8 One murder, two mul.'dero, then another murderS TAe olution of 11 th se murd r 1s found within A S1i*Sl!JiW !!E Jackson Faulkn r, John. CbooJg. New York: Norton, 19~. J Chooky 1s an Gloven y ar old Mississippi William Green Hill. Oxford aulkn r, Willl • goUestq" §Wrierz. loll YOrkl Random, 19~. S These stories wl11 acquaint tho reader with William li'aulkner as a writer. Oxford S itA typical South om romanOe of' the moon-llght-and-maenollsa chool lt--Profes80r A. Wi",f'all Grean, University of Misaissippi. Ripley Gaithor, Francas Jones. I.ll.2. J!aintfcl~. r 6W Yolk, Hacrdllan, 1931. S Historical adventure among the Indians in early rica. Corl.nth s Part true Bnd J,Xlrt 1maglnary. nce of tho Civil War. Grab , Allee Walworth. Roman1{;i9 ~.Qarden City' Doubleday, 19;)2. S The Civil \lar as soon through the ey s of the women left behind . on groat M1esisslpp1 plantations. ~8.tch z Graham, Alice Walwortl'h ImU,go~. Garden City. Dou.bleday, 1954 S Plantation 11te after the Civil War-tb· scour" of tho yellow fraver, bravery and dotoItninatlon of the people in '!is IDoippi ere depIcted in lndip.o !mm!. Natchea Or. , AlIce Walworth. .Ab.2 ~ st !il PSW9t.9i. New York: Doubleday, 1955. S Drama ot the fourteenth century-the vicious Isobel, Queen of ' land, and loyel El.:1z beth of Warwiok, her lady in waitin"'. Natcb z Jane , Cyn 1& McCarlie. Brant 4yrnQ. f,16\J Yolk:- Page nt, i954. S Low .story ot tho pr war So·uth. Plenty of uspensG set against the glmorous and colorful baokgrounds of Louis! na, Hiesiselppi,. and South CSl'OUns. Holmesv111e Person, William Thanes. bn2r J§ryi§. PhIladelphia, Woot Unster, 1943. J-S Freshman Abner Jords and his adventurous lev xperi nces in college. Person, William Thomas. ~ fmSl .lW;l~. New Yorkt Ariel, 195.3. , J...s Adventure, folklore, nd hi tory an entwined in an in-terost1.ng story. Porson, Willi. Thomas. 1!u E.:9S!. hUJ Yod" Ariel. 1953. J-8 Mississippi tam boy and his pet racoon, Bar Face. Greenwood Person, William Th s. Il2ublS 1954 • .tb!l~. fS w York, Arlol, . 1 ... ,> The tchoz 'l'rac in the y . r 1001. Phillips , Thom a H 1. l'.lu! reyg&} !nS .tb.! Unloygg. Now Yorka Harper, 1955. 5 hOno ot tho bt'Jst novols to como out ot the South." • • .. John Selby, critic, nov~list. Kossuth ... ;... S Love betw en fatner and ons, between boy Q.llcl girl, betuc 3el!' nne: ideals. S Evorydny life of Hisa1selpplans. Bnuldon Pou, n&viova Lonu • I&1J:4;;[ M2SUU1' lew 'ark' DoubladQy, 19'3. S Myctory of erous killings is at last t ok d to the door of tho ldller-youtd never' swas who_ Tupelo Street, Jar.las Howell. IU B;1uSfW,-t -'!Wt- .. raw YorRI Dial, 1949. J Doli httul in ov r')I fJhlaB\~' """a story bout a boy. Lu.tr1berton Street, James Howell.. ~ ~ anr:\~. tktvl Yorkt Dial, 1944. S Involvine brtivsry, r 'nee, Gorl"OW nd s8crifioo, dun tho Civil liar period • .r-5 Not 11 who prosch re enlad. Lortdon \lingo vas. Lumberton StN0t, JlUl'l a How 11. ~=W_.. Now Yom Double ~, lSSl. J-.~ A contiou tiol} ot London Wingo's exporianooa in 14indol;, Mtssour'l. l.tllilberton 5tNet, JamG<s 'lowll. g99$j. .. mre lm~. low Yorkt Lippincott, 1954. J-S 1:\ 007 loves dog, which belong to some one e180, A do-lightful story. Ltllnb rton Thumaa. Frances Jackson. ~ s! ~ .l3J1i.. f{et,r Yorks Pageant, 19.541) J....s Youthl Dreams' A boo" 11 Youth wlll ruraly njoy. Decatur Topp, Mildred Spurrier. ~ Fl:2u.~. Bostona Houghtong 1948. S L1g t ·nd QntGrtain1ng r$ad1~. Groenwood Topp, Mildred Spurrier_ la.t!:w})J$.. Boaton: HOUf;hton. 19!D. Short touch1n,J $tory of the Dol tat but GV ryth1ng end "in the pint,." S lII'udot'a Welty has be n temed "a happy wriu,l"." l'1ut l!ow!Qr ~~ 10 onO' of hor happ1 at books and Uncle Dnniel Ponder wh l-1tiS lIgood s COld- (if he ovor cUd thin to b S0rr-:/ for 1.t 'Waa moN than h intended) 1" ne of her oat trl ph nt croatlons. J cltsotl Wlty, Eudora. S A new collection of utorl G lillicn toIles its title flO%n the long, 'cntla, witty, and ,ed1tat1vo acoount of young ucr&ln ' 8 journoy f1r'om london to Cork on the" aool Innisftillen. J'ckeon tom Houghton, 19111. S Founding oi' .a Maino t<nm by ord1n~13:'" P' onla., People WhQ Will s 3ro the soil in w.lich this country' s root~ aN ground d. Collection of and local color. con }[accm Willi g Ben Ames. Gr;mf, • Boston" iioughton, 1951. S story of a at Oaks, islend orf tt.a coaot of G orgtaJ tho roon and \II n vho cfter.1ched it, d'h.lcl for it, looted it_ aOO. :ved it. Macon S The youth of boy- nd of th Un1tod St tees. }<lacon -7-Willlamo, Bo tom Houghton, 1953. S Tho South in Reconstruction 'eriod. Williams, Blanche Colton. tlmf liau ~~ye§. l.lov Yolin A.ppleton, 1944. S A co11oct1on ot stories about young people and for yooog ~~. . Kosciusko Williams, Wirt. nw.~. Boston. Houghton, 1951. S Sea adventuros. Cleveland ~. low York, Scrib r, 19'). S Tho South.. true 11{ 11 vine document of its peoplo and their simple graoious living-a t in the country around Natcuez. Cano Young, Stark. P xU1.9D. Now Yorkt Soriboor, 1951. S nieco 0 s of poopl, nd t1m:lo pst, or stories nd C 0 .. on l"lctlon S An autob~ phy .mos-01n rga All n answers llWll¥ interest-ing quostion co~cerning prosidents, so ators, lobbyisto and sura-footmt politicians, s sean thro 19h tho oy " of a n mo know th intimatoly. Tupelo Beaoley) A. Roy. ~ flj,eoa ••• fWS Vifl!.W '. Grand Rapids: Erdman, 19,2. ,8 Chaplain Be oley labor:!' feverishly in P rchman Prison to teach the men self- spect and e v tholr soula. Parchman J-tS 4rric poetry which is (\laoy to read and ve1:"'~ njoy b1e. Jackson B ttersworth, John KnOx. , CopfjdmtQ , ,uaUrUlj.ppi. Baton Rouges Lou~a1ana State Unlv~rsit1, 1943. S A oed reference book for Miss· seipp! hlstor,y~ Jackson Betteraworth, John. Knox. f1l9Pbi CoJ,lggg. Birmingham. Un! vera! ty, 1953. S liistory ot HlsGissipl State Colleg . ' Jackson S Sonnet 01" ev ry d y lUo. Bodenheim, Haxvell. §e1uwi ~ st l:1Y Rs2sliMVa,m. N lit Yorks arbinger, 1946. S Porkaya1 of the e1rnple thlnea 1n ill. tbrougb poet17 which elevates simplicity to the sublto • Brady, T B. B}AclS l1Wldtly- Winonru Assocu,tlon ot 01t12:en'e Councils, 1954. S nSogregatlan or amalgcmnt10n • •• it.morlerm has 1. to choico. ff ".Black ondey," f.iay 14, 1954, is the t.e upon vhlcb the doolaration or SOCialistic doctrino waG officially prool-imod throughout the nation. 8Th, book is written to alert d encoura~ very rican, 11"TOspeot1v0 ot race, who loves our God-given \lay or utG."-Pr face. Brookhaven Brooke, Jonath811 &nderfjon. (e 1'0) !!2aurrect-~rm!nS ~ Poms. Kaleidoscope, 1948. J-8 A negro's philosophy claarl,- expressed in poetry. Cor:1nth Butterf101d, Frnneos Westgate. From Li~t1s AcP£D§. N~~ York: Henbayl0, 1951. J~ The stor, of your bOdy. told in an l:ntorGating and Dl.m.plo tom for youth. Davios Ben Arthur .. na"!sj 19!1l. arooF..ha~ 1 rldian; S fhi book 10 wr1tton for th bOgi.nnOl" vho must a~wd.J'lt bfmsel! before he aan hope for ~ degree of success in growing azalea , cmnalllne, and gardonias. Moridisn Davia., )3 n Arthur. lisUJ.m· Q !UY:~~o~ fQr §,Qilt-h1"fm GgrdW!&lf- H YoritJ Farrar, 1951. S Garden helpa for So them gardens by a South rn uthor • • ridian S POetry by M1ss1sPippi no vho were bom in tho statond those who livod in tho at t for U cOl'lsiderabl period • .La 1 Donald, vid Herbert. PI=v1d ll! Fq.tght. ow York; Macm111Qn, 1953. ictorinl history or the r 1S61-1' 65. Goodm!\n Gatchel, Alie J$TOOs. t1;1.§@iif.!~P~ :Lv.tm. Chapel nu, Unlwrs1t;y, 1934. S An nthology of Mississippi poetry. ny or th po s f,l vr1tten by tudents at the Uni r it,r of • rth Carolin .. Col hue Oentry# Cl ud. EtlvaUt ls1m AU ,n. J)eQ8tun Bow n, 19',;1. $ 8iogra~ of a humorist, philoSGph9r and a atate~n from Tupelo, lU.stJissipp1. ldw,yn -10-Guyton, David Edgar. l~g;t4l t Bam 2! ~ t1mmt- ;i,n. nnahv11101 Broac.1rnan, 1942. J ... s Ioth-er Derrylt has loft tht> enduring stamp of' b r ptal'-sonali ty upon Blu wuntain Coll ~ollogo mother, cOlllm1n1 ty mother. to cher, i'riGnd, oounsGlor and b loved by thousandS. Blue MO'Wltain ~tonJ Pearl Vivian. ~ M~§f1iflS1mJ.. uatin. S GCk. 1952. J A history ot lJfiasissippi writton by a t ississippian. stebez Guyton, P 1"1 Vin • 8PaJ.~'F. Jacksons Hederman, 1941. S The rue ator'J of tl Ros 110" fro tho lips Qf' t 0 lifelong r0s1dants of the home who h d learned the stors from th paronto end . ndparonta. Be.ut1tu1 illustrations. lIatlil ton, Charlas ((ranvillo. tl~s§iSj'ppa, I. lQD Ism. !tew YOrk.t Harrison, 1941. S Foams about Misaissipp1. Aborcloen J-S This is the story of Katherine Gratton MUlor and Hope Farm, also many ot.1:161" b aut1ful hanos are piotured. JaCkson S Essays vrittn by students at Delta State College, Clov 1and. Cleveland HUbUD, Ban. Q£,. liilJ.1am flo'tir@~. state Golleg I M10elssippi S to ColI· ge, 1952. S Wg and philosophy of M1 oiso1pp1 scien 10t an ~ odueator. Mis :1 81ppi State Colleg& J cob It'r8nc s.. ~.Im!~. N~lW York: E~Eilt1on Fr sail 19S1. S Poems that 1i'bym an,l phUosopb1aoli Columbus S An autobiographical atory o£ Neill. JartMnl visit to the Borth Pole rog1on$. WEtll lllustratod with ~otographs. James .. ifa111 ... ~ 2Q JU nia~. iie", l'ork, Scribners, 19/,.6. ' S Petticoat ftgabond, Neill JatJl~}fI, L"'l Mexioo. KG! tl1ley, William Marion. &t1em§Dtia tqre;ata t2t lUa."gli.p1.?ft.. Jacksmu N1scds.sippi Forestry Coc:muss!on, 1945. J A text book ffJr th$- edxth grade. Ens)" to reed 'but fUled wi th infomat1on. Cl$ti' land Knight, Ethel. ~!4. ~ ll&§Stjs 1!Qm. Parth non, 1951. S ,B.n authentic tala ot I'Jfhe GO? mer" of t!IIThe Free Sta" or Jones " .... au'thol". 1.00, Muna. (f-trs. Luis Harin). t~2D.9PO 9£. fuerto~. Boafen. Heath, 1944. J .... 5 Carrlbboan stor1E)~ that transport one to that land of sea and wind. Lower/, Bill G. Dlu t_wa.n ~.J8ok8om liodannan, 1919. S A book of VerfW to aoqua.5.nt poet%'? lov&r$ v:ith {Slue lloun-ta1n poots. 13111$ Mountain Halone I PUmfH;;' R.gg,amt42D st lnWuNmWno@. New YorQ Ox;f.'ord University, 1954. P'ioturea by Hirst H:11holl&n. JwS Stories told mIl~Y by pictu..-ea. Coldwatflr J-S Poetry dealing with tho simple ways or life. Clarksdale Newton, t-l817 Leslie. J. Q;;a?2kw!~. New Yorkl ilq>oslt1on, 1951 .. J...s Lyrio po a \11th a lilt and philosophy". Vicksburg Oliver. l~ola lfancHh t1tai&be;-~l ~ iii ~~. New Y01"lU It et1llGz, 1940. J ... s Natural photographs t.ell th stoI'y, if ODe doo n't X'E)od tho toxt. tiatchez Olivar, tbla l~enee. Hast1ng~. 1941. J-B Excollant phOtO~8phS ",.or Beb subjo.ot. Uatcho Oliver, Nola N nee. J-S Old t~a.tohez and its Sto'l7, told with excellent photo{!l'apbs. Nate z Pipes, Ja1ll0. iila. No1"lTh!m' Un! varaltq of OklahQWI., 1943. s ! til dialect poems, which po~n;s8s folklore and nehnuiS of oxprQssion unuou:31 in a whitE! man' 8 writing about th Amlr1-can . . N tchoz Pucket.t, Nowbell]'Uo ~ 19:JJs titS'lfi f4. .t.ba Aml:J.2ml ~~. Chapel Hill: Uni V9rslty of North Carolina, 1926. S ' }lNoants folk-bel1.t I their origin and some or thG pri clipl Ci go ming the t nsmisslon nd cont nt of tolk-lol"13 1n G ncr-al. -S The otor,y of a country ed1to:r. Band, Claytoa Thomas. Pixie; 19/1). GtUt'port s! Ma iD M1mgaWl. Gulfportl . S Coll ct10n of short biogrephie or 11ssissippl m. no Gull"port. Rand; Clayton Thomas. ~ in Ihek~. Gulfport, SWa, 19.53 • . S l>1"9amere and builders of Lou1siaua. Colorful illU$tratl0Q$e Gu.U'porl Bob1n$on, George 0., Jr, ~ Q.t\k ~~. Kingsports K1ngGport Px SSt 19!iJ. SStoX? ot thea. !lew p1one&rs, under general aupel"V'islofi ot the United A.tom1c Energy Commission, who fl r& striv1t g to bring to rapid trn!. tlon the ~8t peaoet1sne p<.>telltia11 t1 s of 8tomlc nergy--Introduction of book. OJ f -. Ruaoell INinfi C[u".ifi1TAA§ tl+mt is ~ f,b,tsdau;, f ow York: Century, 191'7. J ... 8 Portrayal of the llagro cht.tractenstlcf) as -the old ti.me darka,," in dialectic poet17w Pol't Gibson Shelley, E. 1. jkli ~ ~a.DJQG: X9::Qlll !Il9.. Ics9r£SW. '1&\1 Yol'ks Putnam, 1947 .. S Th urit&l", tl proCossional br;aakol" of gun dogs, emphasises reason nd understanding wnon training th m. . Columbus &n1th, AUene DeSha o. 9.£t.tn~ kgJp£,9 .&.Sl ~ CU99tfiw J;DS3J1mi .2t. .tbi 1· :ljs§~m;i ilHu- Memphis, DaVis, 1951. S A unit on ChoctaW' Ind1en worked ClUt" in th- eohool l"OQln. GlQtldo" Smith, Frank Ellis. l'Jl£ X1199- N'MI York: Rinehrt, 1954,. S A good r ferano. book tQr hlstor.y. S B»viaw of the whit pillared housf)s o£ tho Southsl'Q!ilr, whioh indicates his appreciation of the art of living--Pr,tsc&. Canton Street. James, Jr. (ed. ). Jee;: S"reet' § 5optn. Nw l'ol"ka Doubl.-d , 1955~ S ;Tamas Stree.tts south--1nhab1tants love the SOuth, h.-iwa senSG of' honor, can take d0f'eat, treat tho Negro fairly-vas heaven, tor: tho So rth vac; his faith and heaven was his home. T..umberton -14-Trilnbla, \v11bur c. lllUtn ~~ c . • Jackson' Redennan, 19S4 J...s Poem.a-a way of 111'0 on Weste-rn prairies 10 !llbodied with quaint philosophy. Jaokoon? an Court, Cathorine. Zh!.Q.l..si Usmmh Richmond: Dl t~, 19!D. J-5 natch ~told in words and illu trat:..ons (photoeraphs) II latcho'e Wi1 a, Ben AmG. lht Hapw &l.U. Now torlu De'rryd 1&, 1939. S Paroonal tr1ps afield is told bY' the author. Macon Wooten~ John ubrey. w.Qu XO::m0il'?,i- :'JG'W York; Exposition, 1951. S Poetry di vidGd by ,bjacts-ramembranc$, na tUN, music, and other .... W'r~oht.., Richard Henry; l!1t:!e ~. !iG\J York: H rper, 1953. S story ot the African by one who livod there while writina this book .. Natchez 

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