The deepest South of all : true stories from Natchez, Mississippi / Richard Grant.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: 274 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781501177828
- 1501177826
- 976.226Â 23
Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Garnett Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Garnett Public Library | Adult Books | 976.22 Grant, Richard (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 35303000295953 |
Natchez, Mississippi, once had more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in America, and its wealth was built on slavery and cotton. Today it has the greatest concentration of antebellum mansions in the South, and a culture full of unexpected contradictions. Prominent white families dress up in hoopskirts and Confederate uniforms for ritual celebrations of the Old South, yet Natchez is also progressive enough to elect a gay black man for mayor with 91% of the vote.
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