Opis: Lanterns on the Levee - Recollections of a Planter's Son - Percy William Alexander

This fascinating volume contains the memoirs of William Alexander Percy, who was born and raised in Mississippi and witnessed the social changes at the turn of the century. 'Lanterns on the Levee' is his memorial to the South within which he describes life in the Mississippi Delta, during the time between the semi-feudal South of the 1800s and the uncertain South of the early 1940s. This is a book that will be of much value to anyone with an interest in the history and development of southern American society. It is not one to be missed by collectors of William Alexander Percy's important literature. William Alexander Percy (1885 1942) was a lawyer, planter, and poet from Greenville, Mississippi, most famous for writing this best-selling biography. We are republishing this text now in a modern, affordable edition complete with a new prefatory biography of the author.

Szczegóły: Lanterns on the Levee - Recollections of a Planter's Son - Percy William Alexander

Nazwa: Lanterns on the Levee - Recollections of a Planter's Son
Autor: Percy William Alexander
Wydawnictwo: Inwestycje
Kod paskowy: 9781406728354
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 432
Format: 14.0x21.6cm

Recenzje: Lanterns on the Levee - Recollections of a Planter's Son - Percy William Alexander