McCormick Book Inn INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLER SINCE 1965






MONDAY - SATURDAY 9:00am - 5:00pm
mccbi@bellsouth.net
(662)332-5038
825 South Main Street Greenville, MS 38701 
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SINCE 1965 Books for all ages & interests
invitations & stationEry crane, jenner, national, caspari, galison journals & address books caspari, galison, c.r.gibson, paperblanks, cachet, peter pauper greetings caspari, laughing elephant, graphique de france playing cards congress, caspari, c.r.gibson art puzzles galison, battle road, tidemark
* gift certificates * SHIPPING * free gift wrap *
Artists & photographers Becky Wasson Watts Photography Euphus "Butch" Ruth Photography Paul Canonici Collage Painter Mary Bertoli Paper Collage Artist Area Artisans David Linden WoodturnerMary Dayle McCormick Beadcrafter
Local musicians' CDs Steve Azar Eden Brent
Boogaloo Ames Jessica Brent Bronwyn Brent Meridith Virden James "Son" Thomas
Jay Lang "Walker Percy: a documentary film" by Win Riley |
Mary Dayle McCormick (pictured) (courtesy, Nicholas A. Basbanes). | McCormick Book Inn HOME PAGE |
It's true. Hugh McCormick has retired from bookselling, effective Wednesday, November 30. see Delta Democrat Times storyFOR SALE: McCormick Book Inn, independent bookstore. Continuous family management since 1965 in original Greenville MS location. Hometown to more than 30 literary figures including Will Percy, Shelby Foote, Ellen Douglas, Hodding Carter Jr., Walker Percy. Moderate income possible for energetic new owner(s). Unlimited potential for intangible rewards such as sense of place and unique experiences with customers and authors from down the street or around the world. Property includes land, store building, storage, authentic book smell, legendary dust, multi-generational corner cobwebs, Buster the store cat. Negotiable items: custom built wooden fixtures, basic regional inventory, active website. Contact Kretschmar Realty, Inc. at (662) 378-3632.
Thank you for 46 years... |
| 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.
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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' | | The Delta Italians | | Where Main Street Meets the River | | The Most Southern Place on Earth | Separate But Equal | |
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. | 
ABOVE: W.A.PERCY WALKS GREENVILLE'S LEVEE IN 1927
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|  "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. |
Looking for information about Greenville Cemetery on South Main Street? Try this site: Greenville Cemetery Index |
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