Vol. 19 No. 1 - Spring 1991
The Golden Child
Dateline: The South
Compiled by Robin Donovan
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Southern News Roundup
Compiled by Laurie Udesky
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Fowling the Nest
The poultry industry is polluting fields and streams from Arkansas to Virginia. By Denise Giardina and Eric Bates.
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Short Stories and Tall Tales
By Susan Ketchin
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Nonnie and the Melungeon
By Lee Smith
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Any Crazy Body
By Nanci Kincaid
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The Way Things Are
By Ron Rash
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The Golden Child
By Reynolds Price
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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Really Tells All
By Allan Gurganus
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Southern Voices: No Joy in Mudville
By Neill Herring
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Of Different Minds
Fifty years after W. J. Cash probed The Mind of the South, journalists and scholars gather to discuss his influential books. By Eric Bates.
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Squatter's Right
Congress ordered a federal agency to sell abandoned homes to low-income families. Myrtis Clark got tired of waiting. By Katrina Willis.
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Blood for Oil
Gasoline prices soared after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. Are the oil companies guilty of price gouging? By Laurie Udesky.
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Patriots for Peace
Many Southern soldiers and military families decided to "just say no" to the war in the Gulf. By Lane Windham.
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