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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Hidden history of the Mississippi Delta
  name:
    name part: Starrett, Ryan
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Foreman, Josh
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Kalich, Tim
    role:
      role term: writer of foreword.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: scu
    date issued: 2023
    copyright date: 2023
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 143 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  abstract: "Unearth bounty from the Mississippi Delta The conquistadors staggered through the Delta half-starved, mostly naked, dripping with swamp water. They became the first Europeans to walk in the shade of the Delta's ancient cypress trees, hear the howl of the red wolf, and eat the maize that would give the Delta its signature dish: the hot tamale. Over the centuries, the bountiful soil of the Delta would beckon to those from all over the world. Others came because they had no choice, tilling the land while they gave rise to a new and haunting music. Learn what the Delta was and what it became, and meet the characters who created what James C. Cobb called "the most southern place on earth." In this collection of the nearly forgotten, authors Ryan Starrett and Josh Foreman explore one of the most complicated and culturally rich areas in the country." --
  table of contents: Foreword by Tim Kalich -- Acknowledgments - 1. El Infierno de Misisipi: De Soto's long and painful trip through Mississippi -- 2. "The Thickest Timber I Had Ever Seen": Fortune-seeking in the Delta's old-growth forest -- 3. "The Beast of Waste and Desolation": The Delta says good riddance to its most hated native animal -- 4. "It Is a Greater Relief to Swear Than to Pray": The 1897 and 1927 Mississippi River floods -- 5. "Ain't No Dish Rag": The Sanctified gather in Indianola -- 6. "My Life Seems So Misery": The short, unhappy life of Robert Johnson -- 7. Childhood in the Delta: Bertha M. Davis's story of struggle and forgotten objects -- 8. "The KGB of the Cotton Patches": SNCC v. Jim Crow -- 9. "She Tried": Delta Burial customs -- 10. Cotton Corn is King: A staple crop gives birth to the Delta tamale wars (the word cotton is crossed through) -- Notes -- About the Authors.
  note: Ryan Starrett & Josh Foreman.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us-ms
  subject:
    geographic: Delta (Miss. : Region)
    topic: History
  classification: F347.M6 S73 2023
  classification: 976.24
  identifier: 9781467152211
  identifier: 1467152218
  location:
    physical location: pda,print
  record info:
    record content source: FIR
    record creation date: 230804
    record change date: 20250318220804.6
    record identifier: in00004749517
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng