lanterns on the levee by william alexander percy

The 1973 introduction by Walker Percy - Will’s nephew and adopted son - recalls the strong character and easy grace of “the most extraordinary man I have ever known.” The rare qualities of this classic memoir lie not in what Will Percy did in his life - although his life was exciting and varied - but rather in the intimate, honest, and soul-probing record of how he brought himself to contemplate unflinchingly a new and unstable era. 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. Lanterns on the Levee is his memorial to the South of his youth and young manhood. You can read this before Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter’s Son PDF full Download at the bottom.īorn 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. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter’s Son written by William Alexander Percy which was published in October 1st 2006. Brief Summary of Book: Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter’s Son by William Alexander Percy

Lanterns on the levee by william alexander percy