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  • Lanterns On The Levee

    Recollections of a Planter's Son

    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 ... Read more

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  • Collected Poems of William Alexander Percy

    Nothing would have given Will Percy greater delight—he died in January 1942—than this Collected Poems, for although he was lawyer, soldier, cosmopolitan, plantation-owner, and patriot, it was as a poet that he chose to think himself. And indeed this is a volume to be treasured by those whose memories go fondly back to days of quieter, more contemplative living. For Percy was not in any sense a ... Read more

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  • Poems of Arthur O'shaughnessy

    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 ... Read more

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  • Lanterns on the Levee - Recollections of a Planter's Son

    This fascinating volume contains the memoirs of William Alexander Percy, who was born and raised in Mississippi and witnessed the social changes at the turn of the century. 'Lanterns on the Levee' is his memorial to the South within which he describes life in the Mississippi Delta, during the time between the semi-feudal South of the 1800s and the uncertain South of the early 1940s. This is a book ... Read more

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  • Three Books of Poetry

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    This collection includes: The Ballad of Reading Gaol, Charmides and Other Poems, and Selected Poems. According to Wikipedia: "Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, ... Read more

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  • The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems

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