Oxford American # 36, December 2000

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS

Local Fare:
My Heroes Have Always Been Girl Cooks
The fascination of tough philosophers in aprons.
by John T. Edge

Memoir:
Horses and Boys
A girlhood spent in the saddle.
by Marianne Gingher

Sojourns:
Monkey Business
The Scopes Trial Festival re-creates the carnival-like atmosphere of the trial of the century.
by Edward Larson

Book Views:
The Man from New Orleans
New biographies of an artist who worked magic in his silver designs.
by John Shelton Reed

Lost Classics:
The Patriot
The historical novels of James Boyd are worthy books in a maligned genre.
by Bruce Allen

Periodicals:
Who Can Find a Virtuous Woman?
The lost world of Southern Lady magazine.
by Lauren Winner

History:
The Myth of the Great Bear Hunt
What really happened during Theodore Roosevelt’s legendary weekend in Mississippi.
by Douglas Brinkley

Family Life:
Georgia on her Mind
A grandmother in love with her memories of the South.
by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Southern Music:
World Gone Wrong
Frank Hutchison’s blues speak to the ages.
by Tom Piazza

Dealer's Choice
by Hal Crowther

Gone off up North
by Roy Blount Jr.

SERIAL

A Painted House
As the floodwaters rise around the Chandlers’ farm, Luke finally tells his secrets—and learns that his life is about to change irrevocably. Conclusion.
by John Grisham

FEATURE

Charlie's Place
The dangers of interracial dancing in the 1950s South Carolina.
by Frank Beacham

SHORT STORY

Buried Money
A twice-wed woman discovers the treasure hidden in her past.
by Jean Ross Justice

POETRY

The Enduring Night, by Claude Wilkinson

Pocketknives, by Ron Rash



Cover: photo by Marry Noble Ours. Courtesy of Hemphill Fine Arts