{"product_id":"the-deepest-south-of-all-true-stories-from-natchez-mississippi-paperback","title":"The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Grant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBestselling 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\" (\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNatchez, 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. Prominent white families dress up in hoopskirts and Confederate uniforms for ritual celebrations of the Old South, yet Natchez is also progressive enough to elect a gay black man for mayor with 91% of the vote. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuch as John Berendt did for Savannah in \u003ci\u003eMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e and the hit podcast \u003ci\u003eS-Town\u003c\/i\u003e did for Woodstock, Alabama, so Richard Grant does for Natchez in \u003ci\u003eThe Deepest South of All\u003c\/i\u003e. With humor and insight, he depicts a strange, eccentric town with an unforgettable cast of characters. There's Buzz Harper, a six-food-five gay antique dealer famous for swanning around in a mink coat with a uniformed manservant and a very short German bodybuilder. There's Ginger Hyland, \"The Lioness,\" who owns 500 antique eyewash cups and decorates 168 Christmas trees with her jewelry collection. And there's Nellie Jackson, a Cadillac-driving brothel madam who became an FBI informant about the KKK before being burned alive by one of her customers. Interwoven through these stories is the more somber and largely forgotten account of Abd al Rahman Ibrahima, a West African prince who was enslaved in Natchez and became a cause c l bre in the 1820s, eventually gaining his freedom and returning to Africa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an \"easygoing manner\" (Geoff Dyer, National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eOtherwise Known as the Human Condition\u003c\/i\u003e), this book offers a gripping portrait of a complex American place, as it struggles to break free from the past and confront the legacy of slavery.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Grant is an award-winning author, journalist, and television host. He currently writes for \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Al Jazeera America, the \u003ci\u003eTelegraph \u003c\/i\u003e(UK), and several other publications. He grew up in London, England, and now lives in Jackson, Mississippi. His latest book is \u003ci\u003eDispatches from Pluto, \u003c\/i\u003ea \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller and Winner of the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize. His previous books are \u003ci\u003eCrazy River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGod's Middle Finger\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Nomads\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978544611629,"sku":"9781501177842","price":19.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/MG1IMmNMUXVTb2dZQW0wN3BFWERqdz09.webp?v=1775805729","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-deepest-south-of-all-true-stories-from-natchez-mississippi-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}