The Politically Incorrect Guide to The South: (And Why It Will Rise Again)The latest installment in the New York Times bestselling Politically Incorrect Guide series expands on the pro-South slant of the hugely successful Politically Incorrect Guide to American History. Author Clint Johnson shows why the South, with its emphasis on traditional values, family, faith, military service, good manners, small government, and independent-minded people, should certainly rise again! |
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... Northern transplants don't always understand what deep-rooted Dixie natives know intuitively: the South is different from every other region of the nation. We know it. We are proud of it. And most of us don't want to change it. Some of ...
... Northern transplants don't always understand what deep-rooted Dixie natives know intuitively: the South is different from every other region of the nation. We know it. We are proud of it. And most of us don't want to change it. Some of ...
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... Northern minds that Southerners of all races and classes were lazy, violent, uneducated, and uneducatable. His assessment was popular in Northern circles. A 1941 Time magazine reporter wrote that anyone else describing the South would ...
... Northern minds that Southerners of all races and classes were lazy, violent, uneducated, and uneducatable. His assessment was popular in Northern circles. A 1941 Time magazine reporter wrote that anyone else describing the South would ...
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... Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States the word is unknown. (See DAMYANK.) Ambrose. Bierce. P. I. G. today, many Northerners still believe it is 1941 in the South. When a fiftieth anniversary edition of the ...
... Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States the word is unknown. (See DAMYANK.) Ambrose. Bierce. P. I. G. today, many Northerners still believe it is 1941 in the South. When a fiftieth anniversary edition of the ...
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... Northern city are always struck by who and what they see on the sidewalks: blank-faced or frowning people walking with their heads and eyes down, their ears shielded from unwelcome sounds by plastic plugs blaring some kind of music. No ...
... Northern city are always struck by who and what they see on the sidewalks: blank-faced or frowning people walking with their heads and eyes down, their ears shielded from unwelcome sounds by plastic plugs blaring some kind of music. No ...
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... Northern efficiency.” A Piedmont employee was quoted in the newspaper saying, “When that statement was made, we knew we were in trouble.” Formerly loyal Piedmont passengers were outraged at the change in tone and manner and quit flying ...
... Northern efficiency.” A Piedmont employee was quoted in the newspaper saying, “When that statement was made, we knew we were in trouble.” Formerly loyal Piedmont passengers were outraged at the change in tone and manner and quit flying ...
Contents
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References | 243 |
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Back Cover | 263 |
Front Cover | 264 |
Title Page | 267 |
268 | |
Table of Contents | 271 |
Introduction | 1 |
First Chapter | 9 |
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Back Cover | 263 |
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