Lanterns on the Levee - Recollections of a Planter's Son - Hardcover

Percy, William Alexander

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1443724378 ISBN 13: 9781443724371

Publisher: Goodale Press, 2008

Synopsis

This fascinating volume contains the memoirs of William Alexander Percy, who was born and raised in Mississippi and witnessed the social changes of 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 history and the 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, who 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.

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About the Author:

William Alexander Percy died the year after his autobiography was published. During World War I he fought in France with the American 37th Division, rose to the rank of captain, and was awarded the Croix de Guerre with gold star. With his father, U.S. Senator LeRoy Percy, he was one of the leaders in the successful 1922 fight against the Ku Klux Klan in Greenville, and he headed the local Red Cross unit during the disastrous Mississippi River flooding of 1927. He was the author of four books of poetry and practiced law in Greenville until his death.

About this edition

• Publisher: Goodale Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1443724378
• ISBN 13: 9781443724371
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432