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

Percy, William Alexander

 
9780807100721: Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Son
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ISBN 10: 0807100722 ISBN 13: 9780807100721
Casa editrice: Louisiana State Univ Pr, 2006

Sinossi

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

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Informazioni sull'autore

William Alexander Percy died the year after his autobiography was published. During World War I he fought in France with the American 37th Division, rose to the rank of captain, and was awarded the Croix de Guerre with gold star. With his father, U.S. Senator LeRoy Percy, he was one of the leaders in the successful 1922 fight against the Ku Klux Klan in Greenville, and he headed the local Red Cross unit during the disastrous Mississippi River flooding of 1927. He was the author of four books of poetry and practiced law in Greenville until his death.

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Editore
Louisiana State Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2006
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0807100722
ISBN 13 
9780807100721
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
376
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile

Altre edizioni note dello stesso titolo

9781443724371: Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Son

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  1443724378 ISBN 13:  9781443724371
Casa editrice: Read Books, 2008
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