Introduction
One
The Ozarks and Dixie: Considering a Region’s Southernness
Two
Fireworking Down South
Three
The South According to Andy
Four
Where Everything New Is Old Again: Southern Gospel Singing Schools
Five
Against the Current: Landowners and the Fight for Ozarks Streams
Six
The Country Store: In Search of Mercantiles and Memories in the Ozarks
Seven
Rethinking the Scots-Irish Ozarks: Diversity and Demographics in Regional History
Eight
Revisiting Race Relations in the Upland South: LaCrosse, Arkansas
Nine
The Spruills: Who and Why?
Ten
Collectors of the Ozarks: Folklore and Regional Image
Eleven
The Ordinary Days of Extraordinary Minnie: Diaries of a Life on the Margins
Twelve
A Time Zone Away and a Generation Behind: Appalachia and the Ozarks
Thirteen
Back to the Land: Academe, the Agrarian Ideal, and a Sense of Place
Notes