Sarah K Gardner

Voices of the American South

Voices of the American South is a comprehensive survey of pivotal works in the Southern literary tradition. The historical organization of the text, the lively and contextualized introductions and headnotes, and the inclusion of clustered selections inform readers about relevant themes of Southern...

Moses, Jesus, and the Trickster in the Evangelical South (Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures Ser.)

Paul Harvey uses four characters that are important symbols of religious expression in the American South to survey major themes of religion, race, and southern history.The figure of Moses helps us better understand how whites saw themselves as a chosen people in situations of suffering and war and ...

Remembering Medgar Evers: Writing the Long Civil Rights Movement (Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures Ser.)

As the first NAACP field secretary for Mississippi, Medgar Wiley Evers put his life on the line to investigate racial crimes (including Emmett Till’s murder) and to organize boycotts and voter registration drives. On June 12, 1963, he was shot in the back by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith as...

Blood and Irony: Southern White Women's Narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937

During the Civil War, its devastating aftermath, and the decades following, many southern white women turned to writing as a way to make sense of their experiences. Combining varied historical and literary sources, Sarah Gardner argues that women served as guardians of the collective memory of the w...

Becoming Confederates: Paths to a New National Loyalty (Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures Ser.)

In Becoming Confederates, Gary W. Gallagher explores loyalty in the era of the Civil War, focusing on Robert E. Lee, Stephen Dodson Ramseur, and Jubal A. Early―three prominent officers in the Army of Northern Virginia who became ardent Confederate nationalists. Loyalty was tested and proved in many ...

Read It and Eat: A Month-by-Month Guide to Scintillating Book Club Selections and Mouthwatering Menus

A must-have for reading groups whose members love Jacqueline Susann as much as John Steinbeck and Cosmopolitans as much as chamomile tea. Read It and Eat is a hip, witty, and occasionally irreverent guide to creating book club get-togethers with flair, sparkle, and delicious food and drink based on...

Art Beyond the Lens: Working with Digital Textures

Vintage-looking, dream-like textures can open up a whole new world in your photography. However, there is much, much more to working with textures than simply merging them with an image via Photoshop. In this gorgeous new guide from texture guru Sarah Gardner, you'll learn everything there is to kno...

Sarah Gardner

Sarah Gardner (born 30 October 1960) is a television news anchor. She was an anchor for KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California from 1993 to 2007. ...

Voices of the American South

Quaker Idyls

Blood and Irony: Southern White Women's Narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937