Alan Huffman
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Alan Huffman is an author and journalist from Bolton, Mississippi
. He is known as the author of Mississippi in Africa, a nonfiction work detailing the story of two hundred freed slaves who journeyed from Mississippi to Liberia
in the hope of establishing a new colony. He is also the author of Sultana, a nonfiction book about the worst maritime disaster in American history, and Ten Point, a photoessay book. He is co-author (with Michael Rejebian) of Open Season, a nonfiction book about political opposition research.
Huffman has written for The New York Times
, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
, Smithsonian, Oxford American
, Outside, Preservation, BeachBlvd., Lost, American Legacy
, and The Washington Post Magazine. During most of the 1980s he headed the environmental desk of the Jackson Clarion-Ledger.
He moved the Holly Grove Plantation House
from near Port Gibson, Mississippi
to Bolton, Mississippi
in 1990. The home is now a National Historical Landmark. He divides his time between Bolton and New York City.
Bolton, Mississippi
Bolton is a town in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 629 as of the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Bolton is located at ....
. He is known as the author of Mississippi in Africa, a nonfiction work detailing the story of two hundred freed slaves who journeyed from Mississippi to Liberia
Liberia
Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...
in the hope of establishing a new colony. He is also the author of Sultana, a nonfiction book about the worst maritime disaster in American history, and Ten Point, a photoessay book. He is co-author (with Michael Rejebian) of Open Season, a nonfiction book about political opposition research.
Huffman has written for The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the only major daily newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, and its suburbs. The AJC, as it is called, is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the result of the merger between The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta...
, Smithsonian, Oxford American
Oxford American
The Oxford American is an American quarterly literary magazine "dedicated to featuring the very best in Southern writing while documenting the complexity and vitality of the American South."-First publication:...
, Outside, Preservation, BeachBlvd., Lost, American Legacy
American Legacy
American Legacy is a quarterly magazine that covers the subjects of African-American history and culture. It was founded in 1995 by Rodney J. Reynolds and is published by RJR Communications, Inc...
, and The Washington Post Magazine. During most of the 1980s he headed the environmental desk of the Jackson Clarion-Ledger.
He moved the Holly Grove Plantation House
Holly Grove Plantation House
Holly Grove Plantation House was built ca. 1832 by Noel and Jane Killingsworth near Red Lick, Mississippi, and dismantled and reconstructed to the north in Hinds County, Mississippi, in 1990.-History:...
from near Port Gibson, Mississippi
Port Gibson, Mississippi
Port Gibson is a city in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,840 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Claiborne County.- History :...
to Bolton, Mississippi
Bolton, Mississippi
Bolton is a town in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 629 as of the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Bolton is located at ....
in 1990. The home is now a National Historical Landmark. He divides his time between Bolton and New York City.
External links
- Mississippi in Africa http://www.mississippiinafrica.com
- National Public Radio interview with Huffman http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1642893