INDEX

Page numbers in boldface refer to articles.

• Aaron, Hank, 30, 249–50, 329
• Abrahams, Roger, 355, 356
• Absalom, Absalom! (Faulkner), 244
• Access Fund, 192
• Adair, James, 155
• Addis, Kristy, 156
• Adventures in Good Eating, 224
• Africa, 206
• African Americans: and parks, 21;
  • in basketball, 34–35, 354–55;
  • and Jim Crow era beaches, 40, 42–46, 258–59;
  • influence on cheerleading and twirling, 61;
  • children’s games, 63;
  • and drinking, 72, 73;
  • in football, 101;
  • gambling, 115;
  • in golf, 121–22;
  • holiday traditions of, 124, 288, 296;
  • and house parties, 129–30;
  • and hunting, 136;
  • line dancing tradition of, 141;
  • in marching bands, 145–47;
  • participation in Mardi Gras, 149–50;
  • passing the time, 158, 159, 160;
  • playing pool checkers, 170–71;
  • and ring shouts, 187–88;
  • influence on square dancing, 202;
  • fraternities and sororities, 203–4, 205, 206;
  • and stepping, 203–7;
  • storytelling, 212, 214–15;
  • in tennis, 216–17;
  • and tourism, 220, 223, 227, 229;
  • in baseball, 328–39;
  • toasts and dozens of, 355–57
• Agrarians, 2–3, 5
• Alabama, 252, 258, 312, 333, 334–36;
  • basketball, 34;
  • beaches, 41;
  • hog-dogging, 51;
  • field trials, 91;
  • fireballing, 92;
  • football, 104;
  • Mardi Gras, 147;
  • rock climbing, 190, 191;
  • shopping, 196;
  • tourism, 229;
  • wrestling, 245;
  • gambling, 269;
  • Christmas, 271;
  • jubilees, 310–11
• Alabama, University of, 12, 100, 101, 102, 104, 106, 109, 110, 143, 264, 319, 350
• Alabama A&M, 35
• Alabama Peanut Festival, 224
• Alabama’s Black Heritage, 220
• Alabama State University, 35, 101
• Alcindor, Lou, 354
• Alcohol, 71, 158
• Alcorn State University, 35
• Ali, 252
• Ali, Muhammad, 53–54, 250–52
• All-day singings, 19, 85
• Allen, Mel, 26, 27
• Allen, Phog, 33, 337
• Allison, Bobby, 276, 308, 353, 354
• Allison, Davey, 354
• Allison, Donnie, 276
• Amateur Athletic Union, 32
• Amelia Island, Fla., 40, 41
• American Beach, 40, 45, 46, 223
• American Counterpoint (Woodward), 1
• American Field, 91
• American Fried (Trillin), 226
• American Kennel Club, 91
• American Negro Folktales, 357
• American Tennis Association, 216, 297
• American Water Ski Association, 240, 241, 256
• Americus, Ga., 170
• Amory, Cleveland, 68
• Amusement and theme parks, 20–26. See also individual parks
• Anaheim, Calif., 22
• Anderson, Chris, 141
• Andretti, Mario, 276
• Andy Griffith Show, The, 157
• Angola, La., 193, 332
• Annapolis, Md., 45
• Anniston, Ala., 335
• Annual Interstate Mullet Toss, 252–53, 294, 295, 334
• Appalachia, 84, 242, 261, 282–83, 300
• Appalachian Trail, 253–54
• Appling, Luke, 27
• Arkansas, 305–7, 311;
  • basketball, 34;
  • horses, 126;
  • shopping, 196;
  • square dancing, 202;
  • tourism, 222;
  • traveling shows, 235;
  • gambling, 269;
  • Christmas, 271;
  • Dogpatch USA, 280–82;
  • wrestling, 322
• Arkansas, University of, 35, 100
• Arkansas Gazette, 305
• Arlington, Tex., 25
• Arnold, Kokomo, 356
• Ashe, Arthur, 217, 255–56
• Asheville, N.C., 56, 181
• ASPCA, 50
• Athens, Ala., 79, 85, 89
• Atkins, Leah Marie Rawls, 256–58
• Atlanta, Ga., 221, 308–9, 326, 355;
  • Olympics, 12, 194, 206, 252;
  • parks, 22, 25, 278;
  • baseball, 28, 249;
  • basketball, 37;
  • boxing, 54;
  • cheerleading, 59;
  • debutantes, 70;
  • drinking, 72;
  • football, 105;
  • gardening, 118;
  • golf, 120, 122;
  • horses, 127;
  • pool checkers, 171;
  • restaurants, 186;
  • running, 194–95;
  • soccer, 199;
  • tourism, 229;
  • traveling shows, 233
• Atlanta Braves, 26, 30, 249, 250
• Atlanta Constitution, 28
• Atlanta Falcons, 106, 292
• Atlanta Hawks, 321
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 37, 194
• Atlanta World’s Fair and Great International Exposition, 76
• Atlantic Beach, N.C., 40
• Atlantic Beach, S.C., 45, 223, 258–59
• Atlantic City, N.J., 53, 269
• Atlantic Coast Conference, 35, 100, 264, 268, 302, 346
• Atlas, Tony, 247
• Auburn, Ala., 335
• Auburn University, 99, 102, 104, 109, 110, 350
• Augusta, Ga., 28, 120–21, 309
• Austin, Tex., 70, 103, 120, 346–47, 356
• Automobiles, 207–8, 221, 261, 284
• Avon, N.C., 97
• Axthelm, Pete, 31

• Babcock, Charles, 32
• Bailey, George F., 231
• Bailey, Harold H., 289
• Baker, Buddy, 354
• Bakker, Jim and Tammy Faye, 24
• Baldwin County, Ala., 310
• Balfa, Dewey, 85
• Baltimore, Md., 25, 43, 69, 111, 171, 216
• Balzell, Digby, 256
• Banks, Ernie, 329
• Barber, Red, 26, 27, 28
• Barbershop, 159
• Barbour County, Ala., 92
• Bare-knuckle fighting, 47, 48
• Barkley, Charles, 12, 37
• Barnes, Rick, 36
• Barnett, Al “East Point,” 171
• Barnett, Ross, 34, 83
• Barnum, Phineas T., 231
• Barthes, Roland, 246
• Baseball, 11, 26–31, 249–50, 272–74, 277–78, 328–29, 330–31
• Basketball, 12, 31–38, 267–69, 309–10, 321–22, 337–38, 345–46, 352, 354–55, 361
• B.A.S.S., 96
• Bass fishing, 97–98
• Batesville, Miss., 104
• Baton Rouge, La., 153, 197, 271, 336
• Baton twirling, 59–60
• Baylor University, 37, 100
• Bay St. Louis, Miss., 39
• Beaches, 38–42, 220, 339;
  • black, Jim Crow era, 42–46, 220, 223. See also individual beaches
• Beach Music (Conroy), 41
• Beauregard, P. G. T., 316
• Beckford, Peter, 136
• Beesley, Bradley, 156
• Benson, N.C., 82
• Berckmans, Alphonse, 121
• Berry, Chuck, 85
• Bertelson, David, 4
• Beverley, Robert, 2
• Beverly Hillbillies, The, 344
• Bible, Dana X., 100
• Big Bend National Park, 260–61
• Bilger, Burkhard, 155
• Biloxi, Miss., 39, 116, 148, 269
• Bird dogs, 90–92, 174–75
• Birmingham, Ala., 26, 28, 70, 77, 101, 229, 335
• Bishop, Elva, 32
• Bishop, Stephen, 317, 318
• Bissinger, H. G., 103
• Blackford, L. Minor, 61
• Black Greek-letter societies, 203–4, 205, 206
• Black Magic, 35
• Blackwell, Crusher, 247
• Blood and Grits, 232
• Blood sports, 47–51
• Blount, Roy, Jr., 11
• Bluegrass and Old Time Fiddlers Convention, 168
• Bluegrass music, 86–87, 167
• Bluegrass Story, 86
• Blue Ridge Parkway, 96, 261–63, 300
• Blues, 115, 129–32, 229–30
• Blythe, Will, 36
• Bonaroo Festival, 87
• Bonds, Barry, 250
• Borglum, Gutzon, 221
• Boston, Mass., 50
• Boston Braves, 249
• Bowden, Robert C. “Bobby,” 101, 102, 263–64
• Bowling Green, Ky., 33
• Boxing, 51–55, 250–52
• Boyd, Dennis “Oil Can,” 30
• Bradley, E. R., 312
• Bradshaw, Terry, 293
• Branson, Mo., 24, 280, 282, 344, 345
• Brasstown, N.C., 243
• Breaux Bridge, La., 79, 82, 224
• Breen, Timothy, 113
• Brees, Drew, 106
• Brentwood, Tenn., 104
• Brevard, N.C., 169
• Brewer, Albert, 285
• Brickhouse, Richard, 353
• Bridges, Frank, 100
• Bridges, Jon, 156
• Bring It On, 60
• Bristol, Tenn., 326
• Bronner, David G., 335
• Bronner, Simon J., 357
• Brooke, Robert, 111, 126
• Brooks, Robert H., 304
• Brown, Alton, 225
• Brown, Rita Mae, 216
• Broyles, Frank, 100
• Brundage, W. Fitzhugh, 296
• Bryant, Paul “Bear,” 12, 16, 33, 100–101, 264–65, 336, 350
• Bubbas, Vic, 268
• Buck, Martha, 121
• Buck dancing, flatfooting, and clogging, 55–57
• Buckingham, J. S., 184
• Buffett, Jimmy, 294
• Buford, Ga., 79
• Bull riding, 193
• Burke, James “Deaf,” 52
• Burroughs, Franklin G., 323
• Busch, August A., 266
• Busch Gardens, 25, 266–67
• Bush, George W., 250
• Bush, Guy “Joe,” 27
• Bush, Reggie, 106
• Byers, Clark, 341, 342
• Byrd, Richard E., 278
• Byrd, Tracy, 237
• Byrd, William, 2

• Cain, Joe, 150
• Cajuns, 95, 148, 151, 152, 271
• Calabash, N.C., 40
• Calhoun, Haystacks, 247
• Callaway Gardens, 183, 241
• Calvary, Ga., 82
• Campbell, Larry, 104
• Cape Canaveral, 40
• Capp, Al, 24, 280, 282
• Card parties, 57–58
• Carnivals, 77–78, 232
• Carolina Beach, N.C., 46
• Carolina Panthers, 106, 108
• Carolina Piedmont, 208
• Carpenter, Mary Chapin, 237
• Carr’s Beach, 45
• Carter, Garnet, 341
• Case, Everett, 32, 267–69, 337
• Cash, W. J., 4, 9, 70, 193
• Casinos, 116;
• Mississippi, 269–71
• Catfish, 154–56
• Cedar Key, Fla., 79
• Celebration, Fla., 22
• Chancellor, Van, 37
• Chapel Hill, N.C., 36, 309, 327, 346
• Chapin, Simeon B., 323
• Chapman, William, 342
• Charleston, S.C., 71, 271, 296, 304, 338, 349;
  • black beaches, 45;
  • children’s games, 63;
  • debutantes, 69;
  • festivals, 82;
  • gardening, 118;
  • horses, 125;
  • restaurants, 184, 186;
  • tourism, 219, 224, 227–28;
  • traveling shows, 233
• Charlotte, N.C., 22, 199, 326
• Charlotte Hornets, 36
• Chattanooga, Tenn., 191, 341, 343
• Cheerleader Nation, 60
• Cheerleading and twirling, 14, 58–61
• Cherokee, 55, 211–12, 228
• Cherokee, N.C., 262
• Cherokee Fall Festival, 79
• Chesapeake Bay, 94, 95
• Chicago, Ill., 53, 119, 131
• Chicago Race Riot, 44
• Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition, 77, 232
• Children’s games, traditional, 61–64
• Childress, Richard, 286
• China, 77
• Choctaw Indian Fair, 79
• Chowan Beach, N.C., 40
• Christian, Sara, 276
• Christmas, 123, 124, 201, 271–72
• Cincinnati, Ohio, 26, 249, 343
• Cinderella Season, A, 352
• Circus, 232
• City Game, The (Axthelm), 31
• Civilian Conservation Corps, 262
• Civil Rights Act of 1964, 46, 223, 259
• Civil rights movement, 86, 240, 312
• Civil War, 11, 127, 228–29, 296
• Civil War reenactments, 65–66
• Civil War Sites, 228
• Clark, M. Lewis, 312
• Clark, Thomas D., 341
• Clarksdale, Miss., 130, 131
• Clearwater, Fla., 304
• Clemson University, 102, 109, 110
• Cleveland Indians, 330
• Clinton, Bill, 206
• Cobb, Ty, 26, 27, 29, 272–74
• Cockfighting, 47, 48–49, 66–68, 113, 115
• Coclanis, Peter A., 247
• Coe, Ernest, 290
• Cold Mountain, 19
• College of William and Mary, 295
• Colonial Williamsburg, 274–75
• Color Purple, The (Walker), 80
• Columbia, Tenn., 82
• Competition, 9, 11, 14
• Confederacy, 65–66, 127, 151, 221, 296
• Confederate Memorial Day, 123
• Congress, U.S., 305–6, 307, 316
• Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, 137
• Conroy, Pat, 41
• Cooke, Alistair, 309
• Cooper, Cynthia, 37
• Corbett, James J., 53
• Cosell, Howard, 336
• Cotton States and International Exposition, 76
• Country Dance Lines, 141
• Country music, 23–24, 129, 139, 140–41, 235–37, 298, 347
• Coup, W. C., 231
• Courir de Mardi Gras, 148, 151, 152
• Courting of Marcus Dupree, The (Morris), 163
• Crawfish Festival, 224
• Cremins, Bobby, 36
• Crews, Harry, 232
• Cribb, Tom, 52
• Crockett, Davy, 212
• Crockett, Jim, Jr., 322
• Croghan, John, 318
• Croom, Sylvester, 101
• Cryer, Sherwood, 298
• Cumberland Island, Fla., 39
• Cunningham, Billy, 346
• Cunningham, Sam “Bam,” 12
• Currence, John, 186
• Curry, Ben, 356
• Curtis, John, Jr., 104
• Cutcliffe, David, 320
• Cypress Gardens, 241, 256
• Cyrus, Billy Ray, 140

• Daily Ardmoreite, 138
• Dallas, Tex., 70, 127, 233, 245, 278
• Dallas Cowboys, 59, 105, 106, 107, 108, 358
• Dallas Mavericks, 36
• Damascus, Va., 254
• Dancing, 55–57, 140–42, 201–2, 203–7, 235–37
• Daniel, Beth, 120
• Daphne, Ala., 310
• Darlington, S.C., 208
• Daughters of the American Revolution, 296
• Davis, Jefferson, 221
• Davis, Jerome, 192
• Davis, Jimmy, 212
• Davis, Robert, 339–40
• Daytona Beach, Fla., 41, 275, 324
• Daytona 500, 15, 275–77, 287, 308, 327, 331
• Dean, Dizzy, 26, 277–78, 330
• Debutantes, 68–70
• Deen, Paula, 73, 225
• Deliverance, 178, 247, 299
• Del McCoury Band, 87
• Delta State University, 37
• Demaret, Jimmy, 119
• Dendy, John, 122
• Department stores, 196–97
• Destin, Fla., 41
• Detroit, Mich., 206, 326
• Detroit Tigers, 273
• Dexter, Al, 139
• Diamond, Jack, 205
• Dichter, Misha, 349
• Dickey, James, 178
• Diddle, Edgar Allen, 33–34
• Different World, A, 203
• Dillon County, S.C., 348
• Dinner on the grounds, 15, 19, 81, 85
• Discoveries (Lederer), 212
• Disneyland, 22, 25, 278
• Disney World, 14, 22, 25, 222, 278–80
• Dixie Cragger’s Atlas (Watford), 190
• Dixie Highway, 221
• Dixie National Baton Twirling Institute, 60
• Doby, Larry, 29
• Doddridge, Joseph, 213
• Dog fighting, 47, 49–50, 115
• Dogpatch USA, 14, 24, 222, 280–82
• Dogs, 90–92, 163, 165, 174–75
• Dollywood, 15, 23, 278, 282–83
• Dooley, Vince, 102
• Dorson, Richard, 215, 357
• Dothan, Ala., 82, 224, 335
• Douglas, Marjorie Stoneman, 290
• Douglass, Charles, 43
• Drinking, 70–74, 158
• Drive-in theaters, 283–86
• Drumline, 203
• Du Bois, W. E. B., 122
• Ducks Unlimited, 135
• Dukes of Hazzard, 299
• Duke University, 32, 35, 36, 100, 199, 268
• Dundes, Alan, 356
• Dunning, Al, 264
• Durham, N.C., 35, 171
• Dwight, Timothy, 113

• Early, Jubal, 316
• Earnhardt, Dale, 16, 276, 286–87, 327, 354
• Earnhardt, Dale, Jr., 354
• Earnhardt, Ralph, 286
• Easter, 123, 287–89
• Easy Rider, 299
• Eatonville, Fla., 158
• Edge, John T., 226
• Edisto, S.C., 38
• Edmunds, Richard, 3
• Edmundson, George, 109
• Edwards, Edwin, 116
• Egerton, John, 225
• Eisenhower, Dwight, 222
• Elder, Lee, 121
• Elizabeth I (queen of England), 68
• Elizabeth II (queen of England), 68
• Elliott, Bill, 353
• Ellis, Jimmy, 54
• Emergency Relief Administration, 262
• Emerging South, The (Clark), 341
• Emory University, 199
• England, 189
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 305
• Esquire, 298, 299
• Eunice, La., 169
• Evans, David, 356
• Everglades National Park, 289–90
• Evert, Chris, 216, 291

• Fairfax, Lord, 111
• Fairs, 74–79, 232
• Falmouth, Ky., 79
• Family reunions, 15, 80–81
• Farmer, Sydney, 214
• Faubus, Orval, 281
• Faulkner, William, 118–19, 136, 163, 240, 244, 289
• Favre, Brett, 292–93
• Ferris, William, 356
• Festivals, 81–84;
  • music, 84–88
• Fiddle contests, 85, 86, 88–90, 168
• Field, Marshall, 221
• Field and Stream, 96
• Fields, Mamie Garvin, 44, 296
• Field trials, 90–92
• Finley, John T., 143
• Fireballing, 92–94
• Fisher, Carl, 221
• Fishing, 5, 94–98
• Flagler, Henry, 39, 181, 218
• Flaming Lips, 87
• Flatt, Carlton, 104, 105
• Flora-Bama Lounge and Package, 15, 252–53, 293–95, 333, 334
• Florida, 252, 289–90, 312, 333, 340;
  • parks, 22, 266, 278–80;
  • beaches, 38, 41;
  • beach resorts, 39, 181;
  • growth, 41;
  • fishing, 95;
  • horses, 125;
  • juke joints, 138;
  • pets, 165;
  • running, 195;
  • tourism, 218, 222;
  • water skiing, 241, 242;
  • wrestling, 245, 246;
  • gambling, 269;
  • Christmas, 271;
  • drive-ins, 284
• Florida, University of, 35, 73, 102, 109–10
• Florida Marlins, 30
• Florida State University, 102, 110, 232, 263, 264
• Florida Times Union, 39
• Foley, Ala., 314
• Folksong USA (Lomax and Lomax), 187
• Fontaine Ferry Park, 21
• Food Network, 225
• Football, 11, 12, 263–65, 292–93, 319–21, 336–37, 350–52, 357–59;
  • college, 99–102;
  • high school, 103–5;
  • professional, 105–8;
  • traditions, 109–10
  • Forbes, 267, 328
• Ford, Henry, 221
• Foreman, George, 54–55, 251
• Forest Hills, N.Y., 297
• Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 127
• Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 41
• Fort Mill, S.C., 24
• Fort Myers News-Press, 39
• Fort Worth, Tex., 285, 298
• Foster, Rube, 329
• Fourth of July, 123, 124, 194, 195, 295–97
• Fowler, Damon Lee, 288
• Fox, Harry, 235
• Fox hunting, 111–12, 126, 190
• Foxworthy, Jeff, 14
• Foyt, A. J., 276
• France, 189
• France, William Clifton “Bill Jr.,” 326, 327, 328
• France, William Henry Getty “Big Bill,” 324, 325, 326, 328, 353
• Franklin County, Ala., 162
• Frazier, “Smokin’ Joe,” 54, 251
• Fredericksburg, Va., 190
• Freedom Creek Blues Festival, 84
• Freeman Beach, 46
• French, Augustus, 342
• Friday Night Lights (Bissinger), 103

• Gadsden, Ala., 335
• Galax, Va., 85, 168
• Galveston, Tex., 115, 119, 284, 311
• Gambling, 112–16, 269–71. See also Horse racing
• Games, children’s, 61–64
• Gardening, 117–18
• Garland, Tex., 59
• Garrett, Bill, 354
• Gastrotourism, 15. See also Tourism: culinary
• Gatlinburg, Tenn., 219, 222, 254
• Gaudet, Adlai, 213
• Georgia, 254, 261;
  • basketball, 32;
  • fairs, 74;
  • fireballing, 92;
  • fishing, 95;
  • gardening, 118;
  • golf, 119;
  • juke joints, 138;
  • quail hunting, 175;
  • ring shouts, 187;
  • ring tournaments, 189;
  • rock climbing, 191;
  • drive-ins, 284
• Georgia, University of, 34, 73, 102, 109, 110, 128, 143, 357–58
• Georgia Tech, 36, 99, 109, 110, 119
• Gettysburg, Battle of, 65
• Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me (Jackson), 357
• Gibson, Althea, 217, 297–98
• Gilbert, Garrett, 104
• Gilchrist, Joe, 294
• Gilded Age, 39, 68, 91
• Gill, John, 191
• Gillespie, Dizzy, 349
• Gilley, Mickey, 298, 299
• Gilley’s, 298–99
• Gilmer, Tex., 82
• Girls Gone Grabblin’, 156
• Glassie, Henry, 161
• Glendale Park, 21
• Glory Road, 35
• Go Down, Moses (Faulkner), 126
• Gold in the Hills, 343
• Golf, 118–22, 182, 308–9, 334–36, 361
• Golf (magazine), 120
• Gooden, Dwight, 30
• Goodman, W. A. R., 274
• Gordon, Jeff, 276, 287, 327, 354
• Gorin, Franklin, 317
• Gorn, Elliott J., 48
• Graceland, 299–300
• Grady, Henry W., 3, 28
• Graham, Billy, 24
• Grambling State University, 101, 203, 336
• Grand Junction, Tenn., 90, 91
• Grand Ole Opry, 85
• Grand Strand, 40, 42, 259
• Granger, Gordon, 311
• Great Depression, 234
• Great Smoky Mountain National Park, 254, 262, 282, 300–302
• Green, Ben, 122
• Green, Fletcher M., 296
• Green Bay Packers, 292–93
• Greenberg, Kenneth S., 193
• Greenville, Ala., 335
• Greenville, Miss., 70, 84, 160, 186, 270, 355
• Greenwood, Melanie, 140
• Greenwood, S.C., 118
• Greenwood Park, 21
• Grem, Darren, 73
• Griffith, Clark, 26
• Griffiths, Marcia, 141
• Grimsley, Will, 121
• Grit and Steel, 49
• Guidry, Ron, 30
• Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling, 245
• Gulf of Mexico, 94, 96
• Gulfport, Miss., 22
• Gulf Shores, Ala., 41, 42
• Gulfside Summer Assembly, 45
• Gullah, 64, 303
• Guthrie, Janet, 276
• Gymnastics, 13–14, 59

• Haggard, Merle, 298
• Halifax Journal, 39
• Hall, Joe, 36
• Hall, Scott, 322
• Hamm, Mia, 302
• Hammocks Beach, 40
• Hammond, John, 2
• Hampton, S.C., 82
• Hanes Hosiery, 32
• Haney, Carlton, 86
• Hannah, Barry, 216
• Hanover County, Va., 85
• Hardaway, Benjamin H., 126
• Hard Road to Glory, A (Ashe), 255
• Harris, Joel Chandler, 215
• Hartsfield, Zeke, 122
• Haskins, Don, 35, 354
• Hatteras Island, 97
• Hawes, Bess Lomax, 64
• Haynie, Sandra, 120
• Health Resorts in the South, 181
• Heisman, John, 99
• Heisman trophy, 102
• Helena, Ark., 79
• Hendersonville, N.C., 218
• Henning, Paul, 344
• Heritage USA, 24–25
• Herkimer, Lawrence “Herkie,” 59
• Herschend, Hugo, 344–45
• Herschend, Mary, 344–45
• Hershand, Jack and Pete, 282
• Highland Beach, 43
• Highway Beautification Act, 342
• Hilton Head Island, S.C., 41, 120, 182, 302–4
• Hines, Duncan, 224, 226
• Historically black colleges and universities, 101, 145–47, 203
• Hobson, Fred, 37–38
• Hogan, Ben, 119
• Hogan, Hulk, 245
• Hog-dogging (hog hunting), 47, 50, 51
• Holidays, 122–25. See also individual holidays
• Holland, Spessard, 290
• Hollingshead, Richard, Jr., 283–84
• Holmes, Larry, 54
• Holmgren, Mike, 292
• Holyfield, Evander, 54
• Honky-tonks, 138–39, 235, 236
• Honor and Slavery (Greenberg), 193
• Hooters, 304–5
• Hopkins, Linton, 186
• Horry County, S.C., 40, 45
• Horse racing, 112–13, 115, 125–26, 312–14
• Horses, 125–29, 164, 312–14
• Hot Springs, Ark., 29, 115
• Hot Springs, N.C., 254
• Hot Springs, Va., 180
• Hot Springs National Park, 305–7
• Hound Ears, N.C., 191
• House parties, 129–32
• Houston, Tex., 26, 28, 30, 59, 122, 127, 192
• Houston Astros, 30
• Houston Oilers, 105, 106, 319, 350
• Houston Rockets, 37
• Houston Texans, 106
• Howard, Charles T., 315
• Howard, Frank, 100
• Howard, O. O., 303
• Howard College, 263
• Howard University, 204, 206
• Hughes, Solomon, 122
• Humane Society of the United States, 50
• Hunt, Lamar, 216
• Hunt clubs, 135–36
• Hunting, 5, 90–92, 127, 132–37, 174–76
• Huntington Beach, Calif., 44
• Huntsville, Ala., 193, 335
• Huntsville, Tex., 332
• Hurricane Frederic, 334
• Hurricane Hazel, 324
• Hurricane Ivan, 294
• Hurricane Katrina, 25, 106, 153, 270
• Hurston, Zora Neale, 158, 160, 172, 239

• I Always Wanted to Be Somebody (Gibson), 298
• Idlewild, 43
• I Had a Hammer (Aaron), 250
• Illinois, 270
• I’ll Take My Stand, 2, 6
• Indiana, University of, 35
• Indianapolis, Ind., 207
• Indianapolis Clowns, 249
• Indianapolis Colts, 320
• Ingle Hollow, N.C., 307
• Integration, 12, 35, 42
• International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, 267
• International Professional Rodeo Association, 193, 333
• Iowa, 270
• Irvan, Ernie, 354

• Jackson, Andrew, 67, 125
• Jackson, Bruce, 356, 357
• Jackson, John, 213
• Jackson, Michael, 140
• Jackson, Miss., 29, 70, 190, 219, 278, 321
• Jackson, “Shoeless” Joe, 27, 29
• Jackson, “Stonewall,” 123, 221
• Jackson Clarion-Ledger, 34
• Jackson State University, 35, 101
• Jacksonville, Ala., 143
• Jacksonville, Fla., 39, 40, 44, 70, 110, 122, 171, 218, 249
• Jacksonville Jaguars, 106
• Jacksonville State University, 143
• James, Henry, 39
• Jamestown, Ala., 192
• Jamestown, Va., 212, 271
• Jefferson, Lewis, 43
• Jefferson, Thomas, 67, 111, 117
• Jekyll Island, Ga., 181, 221
• Jennings, Tom, 53
• Johnson, Jimmy, 108
• Johnson, Junior, 16, 208, 276, 307–8
• Johnson, Lady Bird, 342
• Johnson, Lonnie, 356
• Johnson, Pine Top, 130, 131
• Johnson, Walter, 217, 255, 297
• Johnson City, Tex., 25
• Jones, Bessie, 64
• Jones, Bobby, 16, 120, 121, 308–9
• Jones, George, 24
• Jones, Little Hat, 355
• Jones, Noble, 117
• Jones, Robert E., 40, 45
• Jones, Robert F., 334, 351
• Jones, Robert Trent, 120
• Jones, Roy, Jr., 55
• Jonesborough, Tenn., 79, 215
• Jordan, Michael, 12, 37, 309–10, 346
• Jubilees, 310–11
• Juke joints and honky-tonks, 138–39
• Jules, Prosper, 121
• Jump racing, 127
• Juneteenth, 124, 311–12

• Kansas, University of, 33, 38
• Kansas City Athletics, 330
• Kaplan, Vladimir, 171
• Karpeles, Maud, 201
• Kenner, La., 53
• Kentucky, 316–18, 333;
  • fairs, 74;
  • horses, 125, 126;
  • rock climbing, 190;
  • square dancing, 201;
  • tourism, 222
• Kentucky, University of, 31, 33–34, 35, 101, 264, 337–38, 354–55
• Kentucky Derby, 126, 312–14
• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 124, 229
• King, Willie, 84
• Kirby, Jack Temple, 117
• Klores, Dan, 35
• Knoxville, Tenn., 76, 77
• Krzyzewski, Mike, 36
• Kuhn, Bowie, 249
• Ku Klux Klan, 221, 259
• Kuperman, Iser, 171
• Kyriakoudes, Louis M., 247

• Ladies Professional Golf Association, 361
• Lafayette, La., 49
• Lagasse, Emeril, 225
• Lakewood Park, 22
• Lambert, Ben, 315
• Lambert, Earl and Agnes, 314
• Lambert, Norman and Patti, 314–15
• Lambert’s Café, 314–15
• Lamellae, Alisa, 304
• Landry, Tom, 108
• Lane, William Henry, 205
• Lanier, Sidney, 2
• Last Roadhouse, The, 252
• Las Vegas, Nev., 53, 192, 269
• Latham, Aaron, 298
• Latinos, 81, 84, 124–25, 176–78, 199–200, 201, 206, 207
• Lederer, John, 212
• Lee, Robert E., 123, 180, 221
• Legend of Bagger Vance, The, 122
• Lenglen, Suzanne, 216
• Leonardtown, Md., 82
• Leon County, Fla., 175
• Lewis, Abraham Lincoln, 40, 44
• Lexington, Ky., 33, 36, 60
• Libertyland, 23
• Library of Congress, 276
• Life on the Mississippi (Twain), 244
• Light in August (Faulkner), 240
• Li’l Abner, 24, 280
• Lincoln, Abraham, 67
• Lincolnton, Ga., 104
• Line dancing, 140–42
• Liston, Sonny, 54
• Little Rock, Ark., 26, 115, 285
• Living Waters, 25
• Lomax, Alan, 87, 187
• Lomax, John, 187
• London World’s Fair, 76
• Long, Earl K., 51
• Long, Huey P., 212
• Long, Lucy, 224
• Long, Maud, 214
• Losing Battles (Welty), 80
• Louis, Jimmy, 252
• Louis, Joe, 53
• Louisiana: basketball, 34;
  • cockfighting, 47, 66;
  • festivals, 89;
  • fishing, 94, 95;
  • football, 105;
  • gambling, 116, 269, 270, 315–16;
  • holidays, 124, 271, 288, 311;
  • horses, 126;
  • Mardi Gras, 147–48, 151;
  • picking sessions, 167, 169;
  • restaurants, 184;
  • stepping, 205;
  • wrestling, 322;
  • prison rodeos, 332, 333;
  • showboats, 343
• Louisiana/Gulf South Folklife Festival, 77
• Louisiana State Lottery Company, 114, 315–16
• Louisiana State University, 102, 109, 110, 321, 322
• Louisiana Tech, 37
• Louisiana World Exposition, 77
• Louisville, Ky., 21, 25, 26, 76, 82, 127, 251, 312–13
• Louisville, University of, 35
• Love, Jasper, 130, 131
• Loyola University, 34
• Lulu, Miss., 270
• Lunsford, Bascom Lamar, 56
• Lynn, Loretta, 24

• Ma, Yo-Yo, 349
• Mabus, Ray, 269
• Mack, Connie, 26, 273
• MacKaye, Benton, 253
• Macon, Ga., 28, 74
• Madison, N.C., 308
• Magazines, 6
• Maiden, Stewart, 308
• Malabar, Fla., 169
• Mallard, Robert, 223
• Malone, Bill, 129
• Mammoth Cave National Park, 316–18
• Mamou Cajun Music Festival, 87
• Manchester, Tenn., 87
• Manhattan Beach, 40
• Manning, Archie, 319
• Manning, Eli, 320–21
• Manning, Peyton, 293, 319–21
• Manning family, 319–21
• Man of the House, 60
• Maravich, Pete, 16, 268, 321–22
• Märchen, 213–14
• Marching bands, 142–44;
  • HBCU, 145–47
• Mardi Gras, 16, 69, 73, 77, 123, 147–53, 225
• Mardi Gras Indians, 150
• Martin, Joe, 250–51
• Maryland: fox hunting, 111, 112, 126, 127;
  • horses, 125, 128;
  • ring shouts, 205
• Maryland, University of, 101
• Massachusetts, 74
• Matthews, Lila, 69
• Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 124
• Maxwell, Fred, 341
• Maxwell Air Force Base, 69
• Maybank, Burnett Rhett, 227
• Mays, Willie, 329
• McAlexter, Okla., 332
• McAllister, Deuce, 106
• McAuliffe, Leon, 236
• McCarthy, Clem, 312
• McCaysville, Ga., 170
• McClellan, Pat, 294
• McCool, Mike, 53
• McFarlin, Lee, 156
• McFarlin, Misty, 156
• McGugin, Daniel E., 99
• McGuire, Frank, 268, 345–46
• McKinney, Bones, 268
• McKissick, John, 104
• McLaurin, Melton, 238
• McLean, Don, 142
• McLendon, John, 35
• McMahon, Vince, 246, 322
• McNair, John, 342
• Memphis, Tenn., 23, 299, 355;
  • baseball, 26;
  • basketball, 35;
  • cheerleading, 59;
  • debutantes, 70;
  • football, 106, 264;
  • gambling, 115;
  • horses, 127;
  • pool checkers, 171;
  • shopping, 197;
  • tourism, 224, 229;
  • wrestling, 245
• Memphis, University of, 35
• Memphis Grizzlies, 36
• Memphis in May, 82
• Mencken, H. L., 7
• Men’s Vogue, 320
• Meredith, James, 34
• Meridian, Miss., 22
• Merlefest, 84, 85
• Mexico, 124–25, 271
• Miami, Fla., 37, 39, 105, 107, 115, 122, 218, 222
• Miami, University of, 102, 110
• Miami Beach, Fla., 221
• Miami Dolphins, 105–6, 108
• Miami Heat, 36
• Miami World’s Fair, 77
• Mica, John, 277
• Middlecoff, Cary, 119
• Midland, Ga., 126
• Mid-South Wrestling, 322–23
• Milan, Clyde, 29
• Miller, Kelly, 43
• Milwaukee Brewers, 250
• Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory (Black-ford), 61
• Minnesota Vikings, 319, 358
• Miss America, 60
• Mississippi: parks, 22;
  • basketball, 34;
  • boxing, 53;
  • field trials, 91;
  • fishing, 94;
  • football, 104;
  • gambling, 116, 269–71;
  • house parties, 131;
  • Mardi Gras, 147;
  • restaurants, 184;
  • shopping, 196;
  • tourism, 229–30;
  • wrestling, 322;
  • showboats, 343;
  • toasts and dozens, 356
• Mississippi, University of, 34, 60, 109, 110, 118, 143, 225, 319, 320
• Mississippi Blues Trail, 229–30
• Mississippi Delta, 84, 129, 131, 132, 160, 230, 269
• Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival, 84
• Mississippi Delta Hot Tamale Trail, 225
• Mississippi Gulf Coast, 45, 270
• Mississippi State University, 34, 101, 109, 110
• Mississippi Valley State University, 35
• Missouri: parks, 25;
  • fairs, 74;
  • noodling, 155;
  • square dancing, 202;
  • casino boats, 270;
  • toasts, 357
• Mobile, Ala., 335;
  • baseball, 28;
  • beaches, 39;
  • debutantes, 69;
  • fairs, 79;
  • gardening, 118;
  • Mardi Gras, 123, 148, 150, 151;
  • restaurants, 184;
  • baseball, 249
• Mobile Bay, 310, 333
• Mobile Daily Register, 310
• Modell, Art, 282
• Molineaux, Tom, 52
• Money, Miss., 159
• Mon Louis Island, 44
• Monroe, Bill, 85, 86
• Monroe, Calvin, 171
• Monroe County, Ala., 92
• Montgomery, Ala., 69, 115, 169, 335
• Mooney, James, 211
• Mooresville, N.C., 118
• Morgan, J. P., 221
• Morgan, Mark, 156
• Morris, Willie, 163
• Moseby, Harry L., 44
• Mount Airy, N.C., 79, 168
• Moyers, Bill, 275
• Mullet Point, Ala., 310
• Muncy, Jane, 214
• Murphy, Isaac, 312
• Music, 82, 84–88, 129–32, 166–70, 346–47
• My Dog Skip (Morris), 163
• Myrtle Beach, S.C., 40, 41, 218, 259, 323–34, 345

• NAACP, 259, 275
• Nags Head, N.C., 39
• Naismith, James A., 31
• NASCAR, 11, 14, 208, 210, 275–77, 286–87, 305, 324–28, 331–32, 353–54
• Nashville, Tenn.: parks, 21, 23, 24, 278;
  • baseball, 26;
  • football, 106;
  • gambling, 115;
  • horses, 125;
  • restaurants, 184, 186;
  • showboats, 343
• Nashville Business College, 32
• Natchez, Miss., 219, 227, 228, 229, 270
• National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses, 137
• National Basketball Association, 36–37, 309, 321
• National Cheerleading Association, 59
• National Endowment for the Humanities, 6
• National Football League, 105–8, 319, 350–51, 358
• National Geographic, 82
• National Park Service, 207
• National Rifle Association, 6
• National Storytelling Festival, 215
• National Turkey Federation, 135
• National Wildlife Federation, 6, 135
• National Wresting Alliance, 245, 322
• Natural Bridge, Va., 288
• NCAA, 34, 35–36, 37, 268, 309, 321, 337, 352
• Negro baseball leagues, 328–39, 330
• Negro Motorist Greenbook, The, 223
• Nelson, John Byron, 119, 120
• Neshoba County Fair, 78, 83–84
• Nevada, 270
• New Deal, 301
• New Hanover County, N.C., 45
• New Jersey, 270
• Newman, Ryan, 276
• New Mexico, 47
• New Orleans, La., 25, 45, 319, 356;
  • baseball, 28;
  • boxing, 52–53;
  • debutantes, 69;
  • fairs, 77;
  • football, 106, 107;
  • gambling, 113, 115;
  • holidays, 123, 124, 271, 272;
  • horses, 127;
  • Mardi Gras, 148–49, 150, 151, 153;
  • restaurants, 183, 184, 186;
  • shopping, 197;
  • square dancing, 202;
  • storytelling, 215;
  • tennis, 216;
  • tourism, 224, 225, 228;
  • traveling shows, 233;
  • showboats, 343
• New Orleans Jazz, 36, 321
• New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 85, 87
• New Orleans Saints, 105, 106, 319, 350
• New Orleans World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, 76
• New South, 3, 11, 39, 142, 189, 239, 265
• Newspapers, 6
• New Urbanism, 339, 340
• New York, N.Y., 50, 53, 68, 119, 193, 221, 268, 293, 297
• New Yorker, 264
• New York Giants, 320, 358
• New York Times, 27, 235, 249, 294, 333, 340, 351
• Neyland, Robert Reese, 99, 100
• Noodling, 154–56
• Norcross, Ga., 216
• Nordan, Lewis, 173
• Norfolk, Va., 21, 43, 69, 82
• North American Soccer League, 199
• North Augusta, S.C., 170
• North Carolina, 254, 261, 262, 300, 301, 348;
  • baseball, 29;
  • basketball, 32;
  • square dancing, 56;
  • fairs, 76;
  • festivals, 84;
  • fishing, 94, 95;
  • fox hunting, 112;
  • gardening, 118;
  • rock climbing, 191;
  • shopping, 196;
  • storytelling, 212;
  • tourism, 218, 228;
  • wrestling, 245;
  • gambling, 269;
  • Christmas, 272;
  • drive-ins, 284
• North Carolina, University of, 35, 36, 37, 99, 199, 268, 302, 309, 345–46
• North Carolina College for Negros, 35
• North Carolina State University, 31–32, 35, 36, 267, 268
• Northup, Solomon, 205
• North Wilkesboro, N.C., 79, 308

• Oakland Raiders, 350
• Ocean View Park, 21
• Ocracoke, N.C., 39
• Odom, Jess, 281
• Odum, Howard W., 356
• Okie Noodling, 156
• Oklahoma, 25, 138, 192, 193, 237, 311, 322, 333
• Oklahoma City, Okla., 193, 344
• Old Dominion University, 37
• Old Fiddler’s Convention, 168
• Old Time Fiddlers and Bluegrass Festival, 84
• Old Time Fiddlers Convention, 85
• Olympics, 12, 54, 59, 194, 206, 252, 302, 352, 361
• O’Neill, Shaquille, 37
• Opryland USA, 22–23, 278, 343
• Orange Beach, Ala., 294
• Orlando, Fla., 22, 37, 222, 278
• Orlando Magic, 36
• Ormond Beach, Fla., 39
• O’Rourke, Sam, 52
• Osterlund, Rod, 286
• Outer Banks, N.C., 39, 42, 96, 97, 128
• Outlet malls, 196
• Ownby, Ted, 158, 159
• Oxford, Miss., 186
• Ozark, Mo., 314
• Ozarks, 280, 281, 344–45

• Pablo Beach, 40
• Padre Island, 96
• Page, Walter Hines, 3
• Paige, Satchel, 329, 330–31
• Palestine, Tex., 82
• Palm Beach, Fla., 39, 120, 182, 218
• Pamlico Sound, 94
• Panama City, Fla., 41, 42
• Paris, Ky., 285
• Parker, Tom, 234
• Parks, Rosa, 223
• Parsons, Bennie, 276
• Parton, Dolly, 23, 283, 345
• Pasadena, Tex., 298
• Passing the time, 157–61
• Paterno, Joe, 101, 263
• Path Divided, A, 228
• Patton, Charlie, 85
• Pauls Valley, Okla., 156
• Pawley’s Island, S.C., 38
• Payton, Sean, 106
• Peachtree Road Race, 194–95
• Peacock, Scott, 186
• Pearson, David, 354
• Pendleton, S.C., 193
• Penn Central, 25
• Pennsylvania, 22, 127
• Pensacola, Fla., 123
• Pensacolian, 39
• Percy, Leroy, 160
• Percy, William Alexander, 160
• Perdido Key, Fla., 294
• Perry, Ga., 193
• Perryman, Rufus, 355
• Persons, Gordon, 258
• Peterson, Bill, 263
• Peterson, D. J., 322
• Pets, 162–65
• Petty, Adam, 331
• Petty, Kyle, 331
• Petty, Lee, 276, 331
• Petty, Richard, 208, 276, 326, 327, 331–32, 353, 354
• Philadelphia, Miss., 78, 79, 83
• Philadelphia Eagles, 358
• Piccolo Spoleto, 349
• Pickens County, Ala., 84
• Picking sessions, 166–70
• Pickin’ in the Park, 170
• Piedmont South, 112, 325–27
• Pigeon Forge, Tenn., 23, 278, 282, 283, 345
• Pikeville, Ky., 79
• Pinckney, Josephine, 7
• Pine Bluff, Ark., 29
• Pinehurst, N.C., 120
• Pine Mountain, Ga., 183, 241
• Pineola, N.C., 261
• Pitino, Rick, 36
• Pittsburg, Tenn., 226
• Place Setting, The (Sauceman), 226
• Point Clear, Ala., 182, 335
• Police Gazette, 50
• Polk City, Fla., 242
• Pollack, Syd, 249
• Polo, 128
• Ponce de Leon Park, 22
• Pontotoc, Miss., 193
• Pool checkers, 170–71
• Poole, Charlie, 85
• Pope, Dick, Jr., 241
• Pope, Dick, Sr., 241
• Pope, Julie, 241
• Porch sitting, 158, 160–61, 172–73, 238
• Port Arthur, Tex., 79
• Porterfield, Nolan, 234
• Portsmouth Island, N.C., 39
• Prairie View A&M, 35, 101
• Pratt, Joseph Hyde, 261
• Prattville, Ala., 335
• Presley, Elvis, 85, 299–300
• Presley, Priscilla, 300
• Prince of Tides (Conroy), 41
• Prison rodeos, 332–33
• Professional Bull Riders, 193
• Professional Golf Association, 120, 122
• Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, 193
• Proffitt, Frank, Sr., 214
• Pumpkintown, S.C., 79

• Quail hunting, 91, 173–76
• Quigg, Joe, 38
• Quinceañeras, 176–78
• Quincy, Josiah, 338

• R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 326
• Rabinovitz, Lauren, 20
• Racism, 223
• Rafting and canoeing, 178–79
• Raines, Howell, 333, 351
• Raleigh, N.C., 32, 69, 77, 79, 127, 295
• Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer (St. John), 14
• Ransom, John Crowe, 6
• Rawls, Betsy, 119
• Reagan, Ronald, 83
• Red, Tampa, 355
• Redford, Robert, 122
• Redneck Riviera, 41, 252, 294, 333–34, 351
• Reed, John Shelton, 5, 276
• Reese, Pee Wee, 26
• Reid, J. Elia, 40
• Remember the Titans, 103
• Resorts, 39, 45, 180–83, 184, 217
• Restaurants, 183–86, 314–15
• Revolutionary War, 127
• Reynolds, Burt, 299
• Reynolds Coliseum, 32, 33
• Rhodes, Dusty, 247
• Rhodes, Theodore, 122
• Richmond, Bill, 52
• Richmond, Va., 26, 69, 122, 233, 255, 256, 274, 296
• Rickey, Branch, 277
• Rider, Jerry, 156
• Ringling brothers, 231, 232
• Ring shouts, 187–88, 205
• Ring tournaments, 189–90
• Rinzler, Ralph, 86
• River Ridge, La., 104
• Riverside Beach, 45
• Road company theater, 233
• Roadfood (Stern and Stern), 226
• Roanoke, Va., 86
• Robbins, Grover and Harry, 282
• Roberts, Clifford, 121
• Roberts, Glen “Fireball,” 276, 326
• Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, 120, 334–36
• Robinson, Eddie, 16, 101, 336–37
• Robinson, Jackie, 29, 329, 330
• Robinson, John, 231
• Robinson, Oscar, 354
• Rock City Gardens, 341–42
• Rock climbing, 190–92
• Rockefeller, John D., Jr., 274, 301
• Rockefeller, John D., III, 275
• Rockefeller, William, 221
• Rockingham, N.C., 326
• Rodeo, 128, 192–93, 332–33
• Rodgers, Jimmie, 115, 232, 234
• Roemer, Buddy, 322
• Rogers, Kenny, 115
• Rome, Ga., 285
• Rome, Italy, 251
• Roosevelt, Franklin D., 301
• Rosenberg, Bruce G., 64
• Ross, Ranger, 247
• Royal, Darryl, 100
• Running, 193–95
• Rupp, Adolph, 33, 34, 35, 268, 337–38, 354, 355
• Russell, Bill, 354
• Ruth, Babe, 273
• Ryan, Nolan, 30
• Ryan, Paddy, 53

• Saban, Nick, 102, 106
• Sacred Harp, 19
• St. Augustine, Fla., 218, 288
• St. Cecilia Society, 69, 349;
  • ball, 338–39
• St. John, Warren, 14
• St. Louis, Mo., 26, 29, 255
• St. Louis Browns, 330
• St. Louis Cardinals, 277
• Salem, N.C., 288
• Salem, Va., 44, 274
• Salley, S.C., 82
• Samuelson, Ralph, 240
• San Antonio, Tex., 70, 76, 215, 224
• San Antonio Spurs, 36, 37
• Sarazen, Gene, 121, 361
• Saturday Evening Post, 264
• Saturday Night Live, 320
• Saturday Night’s Main Event, 245
• Sauceman, Fred, 226
• Savannah, Ga., 57, 63, 70, 73, 118, 215, 229, 274
• Savoy, Marc, 169
• Sayles, John, 46
• Schafer, Alan, 348
• School Daze, 203
• Scott, Wendell, 328
• Scottsboro, Ala., 79
• Sea Breeze, 45
• Sea Grant Research, 95
• Sea Island, Ga., 182
• Sea Islands, 39, 187, 303
• Searcy, Ark., 244
• Searcy, Elizabeth Wilkinson Ware, 58
• Searles, Calvin, 122
• Seaside, Fla., 339–40
• Seaview Beach, 21
• Seay, James, 155
• Secrets of Spanish Pool Checkers, The, 171
• Seeger, Mike, 87
• “See Rock City,” 341–42
• Segregation, 34, 43, 44, 139, 223, 259, 285
• Selma, Ala., 229
• Shape-note singing convention, 19
• Sharp, Cecil, 201
• Sharpe, William, 40
• Sheehan, George, 194
• Shelbyville, Tenn., 127
• Shenandoah National Park, 262, 300
• Shepherd of the Hills, The (Wright), 344
• Sherrill, Jackie, 102
• Shoal Creek, Ala., 58
• Shopping, 195–98
• Showboat, 343
• Showboats, 342–44
• Shula, Don, 105, 108
• Shuttlesworth, Fred, 229
• Sikeston, Mo., 314
• Silver Dollar City, 15, 24, 280, 344–45
• Simmons, Donald C., 356
• Six Flags New Orleans, 25
• Six Flags over Georgia, 25, 278
• Six Flags over Texas, 25, 278
• Slave States of America, The (Buckingham), 184
• Slavery, 7, 63, 65, 66, 205, 271–72, 311
• Sligh, Chuck, 241
• Sloan, Steve, 350
• Smalls, Robert, 303
• Smith, Carl “Buster,” 171
• Smith, Dean, 36, 37, 345–46, 352
• Smith, Ervin, 171
• Smith, Captain John, 212
• Smith, Tubby, 36
• Smith, Will, 252
• Snake (Stabler), 350
• Snead, Sammy, 120
• Soccer, 198–201, 302
• Sound and the Fury, The (Faulkner), 118, 289
• South Africa, 255
• South by Southwest, 346–47
• South Carolina, 347, 348;
  • beaches, 38, 259;
  • fairs, 76;
  • festivals, 82;
  • fishing, 94, 95, 98;
  • football, 104;
  • fox hunting, 112;
  • gambling, 113;
  • gardening, 118;
  • golf, 119;
  • ring shouts, 187;
  • ring tournaments, 189;
  • tourism, 218;
  • tourism, 222;
  • wrestling, 245
• South Carolina, University of, 109, 110
• Southeastern Climbers Coalition, 191–92
• Southeastern Conference (SEC), 33, 34, 101, 337, 352, 357
• Southern, Terry, 60
• Southern Belly (Edge), 226
• Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 375
• Southern Exposition, 76
• Southern Exposure, 32
• Southern Food (Egerton), 225
• Southern Foodways Alliance, 225, 226
• Southern Golf Association, 119
• Southern League, 30
• Southern Living, 74, 219, 315, 340
• Southern Mississippi, University of, 292
• Southern Tennis Association, 216
• Southern University, 35, 101, 203
• South of the Border, 15, 347–49
• South Padre Island, 41
• Southwest Conference, 100
• Southwestern Athletic Conference, 34, 101
• Spanish American War, 296
• Sparrow’s Beach, 45
• Spaulding and Rogers, 342
• Speaker, Tris, 29
• Spinks, Leon, 54
• Spoleto Festival, 82, 349
• Sporting News, 27
• Sports Afield, 96
• Sports Illustrated, 251, 291, 334, 351
• Springville, Ala., 79
• Spurrier, Steve, 102
• Square dancing, 56, 201–2
• Stabler, Kenny, 16, 294, 333, 350–52
• Stallings, Gene, 292
• Starkville, Miss., 34
• State fairs, 232
• Stearns, Marshall and Jean, 205
• Steele, Ala., 191
• Step It Down (Jones and Hawes), 64
• Stepping, 203–7
• Stern, Jane and Michael, 226
• Stevens, William K., 235
• Stock car racing, 207–10, 248, 275–77, 286–87, 307–8, 324–28, 331–32
• Stokely Folk Life Festival, 77
• Stomp the Yard, 141, 203
• Stone County, Mo., 344
• Stonehaven, Scotland, 93
• Stone Mountain, Ga., 79
• Stone Mountain State Park, 221
• Storytelling, 172, 211–15
• Strait, George, 237
• Stuart, Jeb, 127
• Stuckey, Williamson Sylvester, 221
• Sudden Death (Brown), 216
• Sugar & Spice, 60
• Suggs, J. D., 215
• Sullivan, John L., 53
• Summerville, Ga., 170
• Summitt, Pat, 37, 352
• Sunset Lake, 21
• Sunshine State, 46
• Super Bowl, 105–7, 292, 320, 350
• Supreme Court, U.S., 306
• Suter, Herman, 99
• Sutton-Smith, B., 64
• Suydam, Henry, 241, 256
• Swain, W. T., 234

• Taft, William Howard, 95
• Tailgating, 109
• Talladega, Ala., 208, 326
• Talladega Superspeedway, 15, 353–54
• Tallahassee, Fla., 175
• Tall tales, 212–13
• Tampa, Fla., 25, 266–67, 304
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 105, 106
• Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 30
• Tate, Allen, 157
• Taulbert, Clifton, 160
• Taylor, Chuck, 267
• Taylor, Joe Grey, 238
• Taylor, Preston, 21
• Television, 6, 30, 157, 225, 234, 245, 246, 247, 285, 288, 327, 328
• Temperance movement, 72
• Tennessee, 254, 262, 300, 301;
  • basketball, 32;
  • fairs, 74;
  • field trials, 91;
  • football, 105;
  • rock climbing, 190, 191;
  • tourism, 228–29;
  • wrestling, 246
• Tennessee, University of, 37, 99, 100, 102, 109, 110, 319, 352
• Tennessee Civil War Heritage Trail, 228
• Tennessee Oilers, 106
• Tennessee Titans, 106
• Tennessee Valley Authority, 77
• Tennessee Valley Oldtime Fiddlers Contest, 79, 85, 89
• Tennis, 216–17, 255–56, 291, 297–98
• Tennis Handsome (Hannah), 216
• Tent shows, 233–34
• Terry, Sonny, 232
• Texarkana, 70
• Texas, 42, 260;
  • parks, 25;
  • basketball, 35;
  • fiddle contests, 89;
  • field trials, 91;
  • golf, 119, 120;
  • holidays, 124, 311–12;
  • honkytonks, 138;
  • rock climbing, 191;
  • rodeo, 192, 193;
  • stepping, 206;
  • traveling shows, 235;
  • wrestling, 245, 246, 322;
  • drive-ins, 284;
  • toasts, 357
• Texas, University of, 36, 37, 110, 128, 206
• Texas A&M, 100, 101, 102, 110, 128, 264
• Texas Christian University, 102
• Texas League, 30
• Texas Rangers, 26
• Texas Southern University, 35
• Texas Tech, 37
• Texas Western College, 35;
  • vs. Kentucky, 354–55
• Their Eyes Were Watching God (Hurston), 239
• Theme parks, 22–25
• Thom, Norman, 342
• Thomas, Emory, 334
• Thomasville, Ga., 175, 218, 226
• Thompson, Hunter, 7
• Thompson, Robert Farris, 60, 205, 206
• Tilden, Big Bill, 216
• Till, Emmett, 158
• Time (magazine), 60, 339
• Time Warner, 25
• Tindall, George B., 7
• Title IX, 13, 302
• Toasts and dozens, 355–57
• Todd, Richard, 333
• To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever (Blythe), 36
• Tonitown, Ark., 82
• Toronto, Ont., 242
• Tourism, 217–20;
  • automobile, 220–23;
  • culinary, 224–26;
  • cultural, 227–30
• Trahan, G. A., 50
• Travelguide, 223
• Traveling shows, 230–35
• Travis, Cecil, 27
• Travolta, John, 298
• Trevino, Lee, 119, 120
• Trillin, Calvin, 226
• Trinity Music City, USA, 24
• Trolley parks, 20, 21, 22
• Trout fishing, 97, 98
• Troy University, 143
• Truman Show, The, 340
• Tunica, Miss., 116, 269, 270
• Turner, Ted, 30, 246, 322
• Tuscaloosa, Ala., 285
• Twain, Mark, 115, 244
• Twitty, Conway, 23
• Twitty City, 24
• Two-A-Days, 104
• Two stepping, 235–37
• Tyre, Robert, 119
• Tyson, George, 258
• Tyson, Mike, 54

• UCLA, 35
• UNESCO, 301
• Union Grove, N.C., 84
• Union Springs, Ala., 92, 118
• U.S. Commerce Department, 96
• U.S. Department of Labor, 5
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 137, 175
• U.S. Golf Association, 119, 122
• U.S. Tennis Association, 216
• Universal Cheerleading Association, 59, 60
• University of the South, 99
• Upperman, Leroy W., 258
• Urban Cowboy, 236, 298
• USA Water Ski, 242

• Valdosta, Ga., 103
• Valvano, Jim, 36
• Vanderbilt University, 34, 99, 264, 355
• Vaught, John, 219
• Vick, Michael, 49, 106
• Vicksburg, Miss., 113, 219, 270, 285, 343
• Victoria (queen of England), 68
• Vietnam War, 251
• Virginia, 262, 274–75;
  • parks, 22;
  • bare-knuckle fighting, 48;
  • fairs, 74;
  • fishing, 94, 95;
  • fox hunting, 111, 112, 126, 127;
  • gambling, 112;
  • gardening, 118;
  • horses, 125, 128;
  • rock climbing, 190;
  • stock car racing, 208;
  • tourism, 218;
  • wrestling, 245
• Virginia, University of, 128
• Virginia Beach, Va., 46
• Virginia Military Institute, 99
• Visiting, 237–40

• Wade, Lily Margaret, 37
• Wade, Wallace, 100
• Wake Forest University, 268
• Walker, Alice, 80
• Walker, Herschel, 12, 16, 102, 357–59
• Wallace, George C., 229, 265, 353
• Wallace, Perry, 34, 355
• Wal-Mart, 197–98
• Walt Disney World. See Disney World
• Waltrip, Darrell, 276, 308, 354
• Ward, Charlie, 264
• Warwick, Ga., 226
• Washington, Booker T., 76
• Washington, D.C., 26, 43, 59, 69, 122, 206, 221, 255
• Washington, George, 67, 71, 111, 112
• Washington, Martha, 111
• Washington and Lee University, 99
• Washington Park, 43
• Waters, Muddy, 85
• Water skiing, 240–42, 256–58
• Watford, Chris, 190
• Watson, Elkahan, 74
• Watts, “Cowboy” Bill, 322, 323
• Waynesboro, Va., 262
• Weatherly, Joe, 326
• Wecter, Dixon, 69
• Weinke, Chris, 264
• Weiser, Idaho, 89
• Welty, Eudora, 78, 80
• Western Kentucky University, 31, 33
• Westmacott, Richard, 117
• West Virginia, 202, 217
• West Virginia, University of, 263, 264
• Wheeler, Howard, 122
• Whigham, Ga., 79
• White, Benjamin F., 19
• White, Newman I., 356
• White Springs, Fla., 288
• White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., 180
• White Trash: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern Poets, 155
• Whittling, 242–44
• Whitworth, Kathy, 120
• Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 179
• Wilkesboro, N.C., 84
• Williams, Hank, Jr., 93
• Williams, Roy, 36
• Williams, Steve, 322
• Williamsburg, Va., 25, 125, 219, 266, 295
• Wills, Bob, 236, 237
• Wilmington, N.C., 39, 233, 296, 309
• Wilson, Fred, 234
• Wilson, Jimmy, 213
• Wilson, Kemmons, 219
• Winn, Matt, 312
• Winnfield, La., 51
• Winston Cup, 209, 286, 327, 331
• Winston-Salem, N.C., 32, 171, 219
• Winter Haven, Fla., 241
• Winter Park, Fla., 241
• Wise, Henry, 2
• Wolf, Ron, 292
• Wolfe, Tom, 308
• Wolf Whistle (Nordan), 173
• Womanless weddings, 359–60
• Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, 72
• Women’s National Basketball Association, 37
• Women’s sports, 12–14, 32, 37, 361–62
• Woodside, John T., 323
• Woodward, C. Vann, 1, 7
• Work ethic, 3–4
• Works Progress Administration, 262
• World Championship Wrestling, 246
• World Class Championship Wrestling, 322
• World Wrestling Federation, 246, 322
• Worthy, James, 346
• Wrestling, 244–48
• Wright, Harold Bell, 344
• Wrightsville Beach, N.C., 39
• Wynne, Angus, 25

• Yarborough, Cale, 208, 276, 308, 354
• Yarborough, LeeRoy, 276
• Yellville, Ark., 79

• Zaharias, Mildred “Babe” Didrikson, 120, 361–62