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See the Renaissance Weekly June 2009  |
READ ABOUT IT HERE: PULITZERS 2009  Three 2009 MIAL winning authors from Washington County!
SEE THEM LISTED HERE: Reviews
MAKES GREAT SUMMER READING! | DELTALOGY
Deltalogy? Yes, and as far as we know, we invented the term, deltalogy (some wordsmiths want to spell it deltaology but it's our word and we can spell it the way we say it). We needed a catch-all word to describe the growing category of nonfiction and fiction books about the Mississippi Delta or by Deltans.
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| | Greenville's own David Cohn wrote in his book, God Shakes Creation (1935), "the Mississippi Delta begins in the lobby of the Peabody Hotel in Memphis and ends on Catfish Row in Vicksburg." This flat, fertile, alluvial expanse extending fifty miles east from the Mighty Mississippi to the Yazoo River, running from its northern point along the bluffs of Memphis, one hundred fifty miles south to the hills of Vicksburg is the land of the Delta. | 
PHOTO: BECKY WASSON WATTS
| From ancient mound builders to blues culture, and the rise and fall of the rivers, and from agri-business to casino gaming, the Delta continues to capture the attention and imagination of folks around the world. |
The Delta is a place; a melting pot of people; a mythology and a reality. And we need a word for it all: deltalogy.
* recent addition |
Our basic Deltalogy recommendations
in no particular order: | | Lanterns on the Levee | Blues From the Delta | | Where I Was Born & Raised | Gourmet of the Delta | | Trials of the Earth | This Delta, This Land | | Forgotten Time | The Celestial Jukebox | | Rising Tide | Barefootin' | | *A New Day in the Delta | | The Delta Italians | | Where Main Street Meets the River | | The Most Southern Place on Earth | Separate But Equal
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A Delta Diary
Amanda Worthington's
Civil War Diary
edited by Troy Woods |
To see a five minute video of vintage footage from the Great Flood of 1927 produced by the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, click on Master of Emergencies.
The download time is lengthy but worth it. We recognize most of the footage as being from Washington County, including the break at Mound Landing and a shot of Will Percy
with Herbert Hoover.
 ABOVE & RIGHT: W.A.PERCY WALKS GREENVILLE'S LEVEE IN 1927
| The new bridge linking Washington County MS and Chicot County AR is the longest cable-stayed bridge span on the Mississippi River. It's as beautiful as it is an historic achievement. To follow its progress click on www.greenvillebridge.com. 
| YOU MAY ALSO VIEW
a short silent film produced by the Signal Corps
of the Mississippi flood of 1927 here: flood
 An Article from the
1997 Festival of American Folklife
Program Book
At Home in the Delta - Deborah Boykinbottle trees, gardening & cooking in the Delta
with bibliography
|   "The Patriot"
bronze
created by
Malvina Hoffman
commissioned by
Wm. A. Percy Percy family graves
Greenville Cemetery
patriot photos by charles blanks Sitting at the feet of the Patriot before dusk, reading the final chapter of Lanterns on the Levee, puts this world's never-ending tragedies and absurdities into calm perspective.
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Mississippi Delta Literary Tour 2009
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