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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Jean-Philippe Cypres (photographer) (illustrator). 1st Edition. FLAT SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE by Randall Norris and Jean-Philippe Cypres. 4to. (26 cm.) xx[3]4-164p. Foreword by Morgan Freeman entitle "My Mississippi Delta Story" ["One of the smartest moves I've made in life was coming back home to the Mississippi Delta."] Profusely illustrated with black and white captioned photos. [List of] Contributors (thumbnail sketches), Suggested reading, and Index. White paper and brown paper over boards with gilt letters on the spine. No noticeable wear to extremities, covers clean and bright, slight fading at bottom of brown spine where dust jacket slipped up, all photos in fine condition, gift inscription, else fine with no internal markings. dust jacket slightly wavy at top of rear panel (but no evidence of dampstain), else fine. This book "celebrates the Mississippi Delta in words and pictures. Edited by Randall Norris with photographs by award-winning photographer Jean-Philippe Cypres, this volume brings to life this storied region of the south. This book brings together essays by noted Delta writers and scholars, interviews with Delta residents from all walks of life, and vivid photographs that document the region, as well as an original poem by famed poet Nikki Giovanni." [from the dust jacket] Just a sumptuous paean to the Mississippi Delta by those who know it best. Signed by Author(s).