A memoir by the pioneering folklorist about his travels in the South, especially in the Delta, where...
Rich soil, wealthy planters, extreme poverty, and prolific creativity - that's the Mississippi Delta, birthplace...
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This lively guide is a comprehensive tour of Mississippi's many blues stes: juke joints, gravesites, and...
The Blues tells you--with insight, clarity, and wit--everything you need to know to understand this quintessentially American musical genre.
From the director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, William Ferris has written a book that is rich in conversation, reference, history and firsthand experience with...
In 1927, the Mississippi River flooded 10,000 square miles with 30 feet of water covering land inhabited...
Illustrated history of “the land where the blues began”
