The Deepest South of All by Richard Grant - ISBN: 9781501177842
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Eccentric characters, forgotten history, and racial tensions in the Deep South.

The Deepest South of All

True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 2022

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Summary

Bestselling travel writer Richard Grant “sensitively probes the complex and troubled history of the oldest city on the Mississippi River through the eyes of a cast of eccentric and unexpected characters” (Newsweek).

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. Prominen…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781501177842
ISBN-10:1501177842
Author:Richard Grant
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Imprint:Simon & Schuster
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:1 January 2022
Weight:270g
Dimensions:213mm x 140mm x 18mm
About The Author

Richard Grant

Richard Grant is an author of nonfiction books, a journalist, and a documentary film writer. His last two books, Dispatches from Pluto and The Deepest South of All, were New York Times bestsellers. His previous books include the adventure travel classic God’s Middle Finger: Into the Heart of the Sierra Madre and American Nomads, which was made into an acclaimed BBC documentary with Grant as the writer and star. Currently a contributor to Smithsonian magazine, Grant has published journalism in Esquire, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. Originally from London, England, now a US citizen, he has traveled extensively and written books about Mexico and East Africa. After several years of living in a remote farmhouse in the Mississippi Delta, an experience chronicled in the multi-award-winning Dispatches from Pluto, Grant is living in Tucson, Arizona, with his wife and daughter.

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