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1. 1. Oh, Promised Land

   

   In 1795 the Mississippi Territory is open to settlement. After a Creek attack kills their parents, siblings Sam'l Dabney and Honoria leave Georgia for French Louisiana to find Lock Poka, which in Choktaw means here we rest or promised land. Sam rises to become a trader and armed protector, aided by his wife Donna and Choktaw companion Tishomingo. The story follows their ambitions, rivalries, and encounters with Indians, renegades, politicians and the competing French, Spanish, British and American interests between 1795 and 1817.

   The 15671st Greatest Book of All Time

2. 2. In My Father's House

   

   The Abernathy family lives in rural Mississippi, farming cotton and growing vegetables, with kitchens full of sweet potato pie and muscadine preserves. Life is serene if folks follow the rules and heed nature's signals, but many codes are unspoken. When those laws are violated, men are obliged to abide by the code even if it means doing the unthinkable. Hobson leads his household with firmness while Lavinia offers wisdom, their daughter Teenie dreams of marrying Woody and Little Hob prepares to assume man's responsibilities.

   The 16864th Greatest Book of All Time