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

from cblaker

The author was the son of a Mississippi power broker and Senator and uncle of Walker Percy. Pieces of this book were interesting, but on the whole it was a bit dull and racist in a paternalistic manner. The author could have perhaps been a great man had he not been born rich. As it was he was ove...

from cblaker

The author was the son of a Mississippi power broker and Senator and uncle of Walker Percy. Pieces of this book were interesting, but on the whole it was a bit dull and racist in a paternalistic manner. The author could have perhaps been a great man had he not been born rich. As it was he was ove...

from marient7

Subtitled "Reflections of a Planter's Son" with an introduction in 1973 by Walker Percy who was raised by his uncle after the death of his parents. Born and reared within the shelter of the old traditions, aristocratic is the best sense, Percy was brought face to face with the convulutions of a c...

from marient7

Subtitled "Reflections of a Planter's Son" with an introduction in 1973 by Walker Percy who was raised by his uncle after the death of his parents. Born and reared within the shelter of the old traditions, aristocratic is the best sense, Percy was brought face to face with the convulutions of a c...