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- 1 2 "Atlanta, Cradle of the New South: Race and Remembering in the Civil War's Aftermath".
- ↑ "The Last Fire-Eater: Roger A. Pryor and the Search for a Southern Identity".
- ↑ "The paradox of Southern progressivism, 1880–1930".
- ↑ "Roots of secession : slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia".
- ↑ "North Carolina : Change and Tradition in a Southern State".
- ↑ "The last fire-eater : Roger A. Pryor and the search for a Southern identity".
- ↑ "Frakes on Link, 'The Last Fire-Eater: Roger A. Pryor and the Search for a Southern Identity' | H-Net". networks.h-net.org.
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