Lanterns on the Levee

by Percy, William Alexander

• ISBN13: 9780807100721
• ISBN10: 0807100722
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-01
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr

Summary

The Southern poet's memoirs recreate his childhood years on the Mississippi Delta, his service in Belgium with Hoover, and his conflict with the Ku Klux Klan in Greenville

Table of Contents

The Delta	p. 3
Delta Folks	p. 16
Mur and Nain	p. 25
Mere and Pere	p. 35
Playmates	p. 46
A Side-Show Gotterdammerung	p. 56
A Small Boy's Heroes	p. 65
Learning from Teachers	p. 76
Sewanee	p. 92
A Year Abroad	p. 105
At the Harvard Law School	p. 113
The Return of the Native	p. 125
The Bottom Rail on Top	p. 140
1914-1916	p. 156
The Peewee Squad	p. 169
Getting to the Front	p. 184
At the Front	p. 201
The Ku Klux Klan Comes and Goes	p. 225
Hell and High Water	p. 242
The Flood of 1927	p. 249
Planters, Share-Croppers, and Such	p. 270
Fode	p. 285
A Note on Racial Relations	p. 298
For the Younger Generation	p. 310
A Bit of Diary	p. 322
Jackdaw in the Garden	p. 332
Home	p. 344
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