Born and raised in Greenville, Mississippi, within the shelter of old traditions, aristocratic in the best sense, William Alexander Percy in his lifetime (1885--1942) was brought face to face with the convulsions of a changing world. Lanterns on the Levee is his memorial to the South of his youth and young manhood. In describing life in the Mississippi Delta, Percy bridges the interval between the semifeudal South of the 1800s and the anxious South of the early 1940s. The rare qualities of this classic memoir lie not in what Will Percy did in his life -- although his life was exciting and...
Born and raised in Greenville, Mississippi, within the shelter of old traditions, aristocratic in the best sense, William Alexander Percy in his li...
This antiquarian volume contains a collection of Arthur O'shaughnessy s poetry, with an introduction by William Alexander Percy. Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy (1844 - 1881) was a seminal British poet of Irish descent. This collection would make for a great addition to any personal library, and it is not to be missed by fans of O'shaughnessy s wonderful work. The poems include: Exile, The Fair Maid and the Sun, The Cypress, A Whisper from the Grave, Bisclavaret, Thought, Palm Flowers, John the Baptists, Salome, The Fountain of Tears, The Spectre of the Past, Lover after Death, From Music...
This antiquarian volume contains a collection of Arthur O'shaughnessy s poetry, with an introduction by William Alexander Percy. Arthur William Edgar ...
