Country Store to Corner Market: Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi by Raymond Bial

Country Store to Corner Market: Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi by Raymond Bial

Country Store to Corner Market: Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi offers an engaging and enlightening look at country stores from early dry goods stores to mom-and-pop groceries. The book traces the history of stores on the rural roadside and neighborhood groceries in the city. It continues on to early supermarkets and the Piggly Wiggly. The unique and varied region stretches from the Gulf of Mexico and Deep South to the hill country in the north of each state. Country Store to Corner Market: Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi looks at the varied cultures in weaving a popular history from frontier times to the stores and markets of today. It is a story of people and their bonds to their homeplace and each other from cotton picking to New Orleans jazz. Through captioned photographs of storekeepers and customers, farmers and townspeople, this book emphasizes daily life from buying flour and sugar to visiting with neighbors while waiting for the morning mail. Country stores and corner markets were once the gathering place for everyone in the community. Pull up a chair and enjoy these touching and sometimes humorous glimpses into the lives of our ancestors when they were once young.

From its beginnings as a railroad terminal through World War II and into the 1970s, Champaign offers a visual snapshot of a thriving city. Raymond Bial has written and published over 90 critically praised and award-winning photo books for children and adults. For the past 30 years, he has lived in Champaign-Urbana with his wife, Linda, and their children.

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ISBN 13	9781634993111
ISBN 10	163499311X
Title	Country Store to Corner Market: Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi
Author	Raymond Bial
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	America Through Time
Year published	2021-04-26
Number of pages	96
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.