If you’re looking for a last-minute gift for your favorite history buff, “Chimneyville” is just the thing. Written by Mississippi historian H. Grady Howell, Jr., the book is a veritable banquet of wood cuts, photos, maps and newspaper clippings covering the first 100 years of Jackson’s history. Howell, who lives in Madison, self-published this lavish volume, but it’s far from his first book, having published several previous historical accounts of the state and its people. At $49.95, the volume has heirloom potential. Contact Howell at [e-mail missing] for more information.
