My Confederate Kinfolk

All My Ancestors has a review of Thulani Davis' My Confederate Kinfolk: A Twenty-First Century Freedwoman Confronts Her Roots. Much of the story is set in Yazoo County.

Cemetery Visit Inspires Novel

Tom Wiley visited a cemetery near Meridian which inspired him to write The Angels of Lockhart. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal has an article/review talking about the author's inspiration and giving a brief summary of the book. It sounds like a "must read" for family historians.

New Book on Natchez Indians

James Barnett has just written The Natchez Indians: A History to 1735. The Natchez Democrat has an article on the book.

Forthcoming Book of Civil War Letters

Jennifer W. Ford has edited a volume of letters written by Lt. William Cowper Nelson of Mississippi. It is being released at the end of the month by University of Tennessee Press. It is entitled: The Hour of Our Nation's Agony: The Civil War Letters of Lt. William Cowper Nelson of Mississippi.