Vicksburg and Warren County A History of People and Place - Paperback

by Pamela Lea Grillis (Author)

Vicksburg and Warren County A History of People and Place is a chronological, easy to read, fact-filled history of this area from the days of the explorers to 1992. Originally published in hardback in 1992, this 25th anniversary Second Edition is now available in Kindle format and in paperback. The Second Edition includes new material and corrections to the original. (Please note that the hardback has not been updated or corrected, as the Kindle and the paperback versions have been.)Well researched and written for a general audience, the book has 79 black and white photographs, maps, and illustrations and includes a selected bibliography and an index. Excellent for high schoolers, for homeschoolers, for college supplemental reading, for armchair historians, and for those planning to travel to or move to the area or for those who already live there, it is written for anyone who seeks to know more about the city of Vicksburg and Warren County. Vicksburg and Warren County A History of People and Place includes information not only about the general history of the area, but also the growth and development of Vicksburg, social relations, immigrant and ethnic groups, religion, business and commercial growth, community activities, education, population changes, well known area natives and residents, slavery, the influence of the Civil War in the area, and countless other facts that reveal the history that makes this iconic Southern city and its county what they are.