| Clinton: 1940-1980 Contributor(s): Chisholm, Chad (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738553719 ISBN-13: 9780738553719 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2008 Annotation: Clinton, Mississippi, is the home of Mississippi College, the states oldest existing institution of higher learning. Clinton produced statesmen such as Walter Leake, writers and artists such as Barry Hannah and Wyatt Waters, and modern celebrities such as Lance Bass and Mandy Ashford. Today Clinton serves as a bedroom community for Jackson. Clinton began as the Mount Dexter trading post on the Old Natchez Trace. The town was founded as Mount Salus in 1823 by Walter Leake, one of Mississippis first U.S. senators and the third governor. Six years later, Clinton fell one vote short of becoming the state capital. Through antebellum prosperity, occupation by Union troops, rebirth as a college community, and growth into a postwar suburban center, Clinton and its people have been marked by independence. This pictorial history is a chronicle of Clintons most indelible individuals, families, and institutions. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 974.886 |
| LCCN: 2007939870 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 6.49" W x 9.22" (0.71 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 1940's |
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| Publisher Description: In 1940, the town of Clinton had scarcely grown in size or population since the Civil War. However, the coming of World War II forever changed the identity of this small Southern college town. Aside from the sudden departure of its best and brightest men and women for the front lines, global war touched Clinton in the form of a German POW camp and a Navy V12 training school at Mississippi College. Clinton: 1940 1980 picks up where author Chad Chisholm ended his previous book, with Clinton in the midst of postwar growth. It is a chronicle of Clinton s living history, a treasury of photographs for all Clintonians." |
Contributor Bio(s): Chisholm, Chad: - Chad Chisholm is originally from Clinton, Mississippi, and he graduated from Clinton High School in 1996. He works in Holly Springs, but Chisholm splits his time between that community and Clinton. Chisholm teaches English at Rust College, where he was elected to the president s cabinet by the faculty in 2006 and a William Winter Scholar by the humanities division in 2007. He has published in the South Carolina Review, the Connecticut Review, and the Mississippi Encyclopedia. |