The Tacky South Vernon W. Lin Meanwhile I will let the

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The Tacky South Vernon W. Lin Meanwhile I will let theAs a way to comment on a person's style or taste, the word "tacky" has distinctly southern origins, with its roots tracing back to the so called "tackies" who tacked horses on South Carolina farms prior to the Civil War. The Tacky South presents eighteen fun, insightful essays that examine connections between tackiness and the American South, ranging from nineteenth century local color fiction and the television series Murder, She Wrote to red velvet