Teachers and students have been contacting me about using my webpage as a reference and there has been a question of the legitimacy of it. I only deal with facts and proper documentation in all my research. I was lucky enough to find some first-hand accounts from my southern ancestors as well. My qualifications are as follows: ⚜ B.A. History ⚜ Graduate Student ⚜ Published Researcher for over 25 years ⚜ Expert in Louisiana and Mississippi History ⚜ Avid Book Collector I hope this will satisfy the requirement for a reference for any part of my southern belle webpage. I am also open to any questions that anyone may have on a certain subject, please feel free to contact me.
Here is a small portion of my personal book collection that I have collected over the last 30 years divided into categories. All of these books are recommended!
Subject: Children’s Coloring Books
- Fashions of the Old South Coloring Book by Tom Tierney. 2004
- Historic Natchez Homes Coloring Book by Joseph Arrigo, 1997
- The Louisiana Plantation Coloring Book by Cecilia Cosrill Dartez and Joseph A. Arrigo. 2001
- Steamboats on the River Coloring Book by Joseph Arrigo. 1997
Subject: Culture
- A Southern Belle Primer, Or, Why Princess Margaret Will Never Be A Kappa Kappa Gamma by Marylyn Schwartz. 1991
- The Birth of a Nation by Robert Lang and David Wark Griffith. 1994
- Cajun Folktales by J. J. Reneaux. 1995
- Emily Post’s Etiquette Peggy Post by William Morrow. 1997
- Emily Post’s The Gift of Good Manners by Peggy Post and Cindy Post Senning. 2002
Subject: Electronic Books
- Avirett, James Battle. The Old Plantation: How We Lived in Great House and Cabin Before the War. 1901
- Beeton, Mrs. Isabella. The book of household management : comprising information for the mistress, housekeeper, cook, kitchen-maid, butler, footman, coachman, valet, upper and under house maids, lady’s-maid, maid-of-all-work, laundry-maid, nurse and nurse-maid, monthly, wet, and sick nurses, etc. etc. : also, sanitary, medical, and legal memoranda : with a history of the origin, properties, and uses of all things connected with home life and comfort. 1866
- Bailey, Ebenezer. The Young Ladies Class Book: A Selection of Lessons for Reading, in Prose and Verse. 1835
- Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi Vol. 1. 1891
- Burwell, Letitia M. A Girl’s Life in Virginia Before the War. 1895
- Burton, Annie L. Memories of Childhood’s Slavery Days. 1909
- Claiborne, J.F.H. Mississippi, as a Province, Territory, and State: With Biographical Notices of Eminent Citizens [1880]
- Cobb, Joseph B. Mississippi Scenes of Southern and Western Life and Adventure, Humorous, Satirical, and Descriptive, Including the Legend of Black Creek. 1851
- Greg, Percy. History of the United States from the Foundation of Virginia to the Reconstruction of the Union Vol 1 & 2. 1892
- Heiskell, Samuel Gordon. Andrew Jackson and Early Tennessee History. 1918
- Jacobs, Harriet Ann. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. 1861
- King, Grace. Balcony Stories. 1914
- King, Grace. Creole Families of New Orleans Grace. 1921
- King, Grace. De Soto and His Men in the Land of Florida. 1914
- King, Grace. Jean Baptiste Le Moyne Sieur De Bienville. 1893
- King, Grace. New Orleans: The Place and the People. 1915
- King, Grace. Tales of a Time and Place. 1892
- The Ladies Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners; or, Miss Leslie’s Behavior Book. A Guide and Manal for Ladies. 1864
- Lowry, Robert. State History Series: A History of Mississippi for use in schools. 1892
- Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society Vol. 6. 1902
- Randolph, J.W. Anticipations of the Future to serve as Lessons for the Present Time: In the Form of Extracts of Letters from an English Resident in the United States, to the London Time, from 1864-1870. With an Appendix on the Causes and Consequences of the Independence of the South. 1860
- Report for a Recommended Route for the Great River Road (Mississippi River Parkway) through the State of Louisiana. (A distance of approximately 431 miles) 1959
- Ruffin, Edmund. The Political Economy of Slavery; or the Institution Considered in Regard to Its Influence on Public Wealth and the General Welfare. 1840s
- Russel, William Howard. My Diary North and South. 1863
- Sandford, Mrs. Johns. Women in Her Social and Domestic Character. 1831
- Women As She Is, and As She Should Be Vol. 1. 1835
Subject: Southern History
- Along the River Road: Past and Present on Louisiana’s Historic Byway by Mary Ann Stenberg. 2013
- The Basilica on Jackson Square by Leonard Huber. 1999
- Beauvoir: A Walk Through History by James Thompson. 2019
- Buddy Stall’s French Quarter Montage by Buddy J. Stall. 2006
- Buddy Stall’s Louisiana Potpourri by Buddy J. Stall. 1992
- The Building of Longwood by Ina May McAdams. 1972
- Canal Street and Beyond by Brian Costello. 2003
- Civil War Curiosities: Strange Stories, Oddities, Events, and Coincidences by Webb Garrison. 1994
- The Civil War: State by State by Chester G. Hearn. 2011
- The Confederate Nation by Emory M. Thomas. 2011
- Confederate Visions by Ian Binnington. 2013
- Defending the Southern Confederacy by Robert Catlett Cave. 2001
- A Devil of a Whipping by Lawrence E. Babits. 1998
- The Devil’s Backbone by Kim Wozencraft, James Babb, and Jonathan Daniels. 1990
- The Diary of Edmund Ruffin by Edmund Ruffin. 1989
- The Education of the Southern Belle by Christie Anne Farnham. 1994
- The Fire-Eaters by Eric H. Walther. 199
- Frenchmen, Desire, Good Children by John Chase. 2001
- The Hermitage: Home of Andrew Jackson by Charles Phillips. 1997
- Historic Natchez City Cemetery by Donald Estes and Zelda Millstein. 2014
- The Historic Natchez Tableaux by Pilgrimage Historical Association. 2012
- Lee Bailey’s Southern Food & Plantation Houses by Lee Bailey. 1990
- The Legend of Longwood by Margaret Hendrix. 1972
- Louisiana & Mississippi Plantation Cookbook by Bobby Potts. 1995
- Lost Mansions of Mississippi by Mary Carol Miller. 1996
- Louisiana’s Plantation Homes by Dick Dietrich and Joseph A. Arrigo. 1991
- Mardi Gras Treasures by Henri Schindler. 2000
- Marvelous Old Mansions by Sylvia Higginbotham. 2000
- Memoirs of My Life by Pierre Clement de Laussat. 2002
- Memories of the Old Plantation Home by Laura Locoul Gore, Norman Marmillion, and Sand Marmillion. 2000
- The Mississippi Steamboat Era in Historic Photographs by Joan W. Gandy and Thomas H. Gandy. 1987
- Mississippi, as a Province, Territory, and State: With Biographical Notices of Eminent Citizens [1880 ] by J.F.H. Claiborne. 1880
- Natchez of Long Ago and The Pilgrimage by Katherine Grafton Miller. 1938
- Natchez on the Mississippi: Official Guidebook by Natchez Pilgrimage Tours. 2000
- Natchez on the Mississippi by Harnett Thomas Kane. 2012
- The Natchez Trace: A Pictorial History by James A. Crutchfield. 2011
- New Orleans Carnival Krewes by Rosary O’Neill. 2014
- New Orleans Then And Now by Sharon Keating. 2017
- Old Louisiana Plantations and Family Trees, Volume #2 by Herman de Bachelle Seebold. 1941
- Plantation Homes of Louisiana and the Natchez Area by David K. Gleason. 1982
- Plantation Houses and Mansions of the Old South by Joseph Frazer Smith. 1941
- Rousing Songs And True Tales Of The Civil War by Wayne Erbsen. 1999
- Southern Honor by Bertram Wyatt Brown. 2007
- Southern Plantations by Robin Lattimore. 2012
- A Special House: James K. Polk House by Betty Elder. 2004
- Waverly: Memories of a Mississippi Plantation by Heath Childs. 2000
- Your Mississippi by John Bettersworth. 1975
Subject: Cookbooks
- The Cotton Country Collection by The Junior League of Monroe Cookbook. 1972
- Lee Bailey’s Southern Food & Plantation Houses by Lee Bailey. 1990
- Recipes from Rosalie by Unknown. 1940
- River Road Plantation Country Cookbook by Anne Butler. 2010
- Southern Heritage Cakes Cookbook by Southern Living. 1983
- Southern Living 1990 Annual Recipes by Southern Living. 1990
- Southern Living 1991 Annual Recipes by Southern Living. 1991
- Southern Living Cookbook by Southern Living. 1987
- Southern Living Party Cookbook by Celia Marks. 1972
- Southern Sideboards by Mississippi Junior League of Jackson. 1978
Subject: Historic Fashion
- Fashions and Costumes from Godey’s Lady’s Book by Stella Blum. 1985
- Fashions of the Old South by Tom Tierney. 1989
- Godey’s Fashions by Dover Publications. 2005
- Historic American Costumes and How to Make Them by Mary Evans. 2010
- Historic Costume by Tom Tierney. 2004
- Historic Costumes and How to Make Them by E. Shenton and Mary Fernald. 2006
- The History of Underclothes by C. Willett and Phillis Cunnington. 1992
- Late Victorian and Edwardian Fashions by Tom Tierney. 2005
