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HIGHWAY 61:
HEART
OF THE

DELTA

CALL FOR  SIGNED COPIES

Want a little info
on Greenville's old
"Yellow Fever" cemetery
?
Here's a link to a video
from Ann Martin's
Delta Traveler series
(WXVT-TV) :

Video - WXVT.com

Looking for more information about Greenville Cemetery
on South Main Street?
Try this site:

GreenvilleCemetery index

 

 

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 Steve Yarbrough
edited by
Wendy McDaris



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DELTA DEEP DOWN
Friday, September 12
4:00 - 5:30

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.
 

 

 
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 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.

Our basic Deltalogy recommendations
in no particular order:
Lanterns on the LeveeBlues From the Delta
Where I Was Born & RaisedGourmet of the Delta
Trials of the EarthThis Delta, This Land
Forgotten TimeThe Celestial Jukebox
Worse Than SlaveryBarefootin'
The Delta ItaliansRising Tide
Where Main Street Meets the River
The Most Southern Place on Earth
Separate But Equal
 
 
 


 


NEW PUBLICATION

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 V.P. Herbert Hoover.
 WA Percy on levee 1927

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

2006 bridge

 

YOU MAY ALSO VIEW
a short silent film produced by the Signal Corps
of the Mississippi flood of 1927 here:
flood


"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.

 

 

in memoriam
March 1994
-----
April 10, 2008

LINK:
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