A Guide to the South, from Absinthe to Zydeco Editors of Garden and Gun, David DiBenedetto Series: Garden & Gun Books Hardcover | 400 pages Reference / Personal & Practical Guides From the bestselling authors of The Southerner’s Handbook, Good Dog, and The Southerner’s Cookbook comes a lively compendium of Southern tradition and contemporary culture The American South is a multifaceted region with its own vocabulary, peculiarities, and cultural touchstones. Even for those born in the South, the unspoken rules—layered in local nuances and complexities—can sometimes be confounding. Tennessee whiskey may technically be bourbon, but don't let anyone in Kentucky hear you call it that. And bless your heart, don’t you dare make the mistake of confusing a magnolia blossom with a Japanese tulip. Now, from the editors of Garden & Gun—the magazine known as “the soul of the South”—comes this encyclopedia of Southern living, culture, and history.