Download or read book From Azaleas to Zydeco written by Mark W. Nichols and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Inspired by a 1937 account of a newspaperman's tour, author Mark Nichols began his own long journey into the cities of the South. Along the way, he met beekeepers, cheese makers, crawfish "bawlers", duck callers and a licensed alligator hunter, as well as entrepreneurs and politicians. His ... observations encompass ten southern states from Virginia to Arkansas and points south, and he unpacks the unique qualities of every city he visits."--Back cover.