The deepest South of all : true stories from Natchez, Mississippi /
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. Grant depicts a strange, eccentric...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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| Summary: | 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. Grant depicts a strange, eccentric town with an unforgettable cast of characters as he offers a gripping portrait of a complex American place, struggling to break free from the past and confront the legacy of slavery. |
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| Physical Description: | 274 pages : 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781501177828 1501177826 |