01478cam a2200289 4500 431638531 TxAuBib 20210125120000.0 200724s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781501177828 HRD 26.00 1501177826 HRD 26.00 TxAuBib Grant, Richard, 1952- The deepest South of all [BOOK] : true stories from Natchez, Mississippi / Richard Grant. 1st Simon & Schuster hc ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020. 274 pages ; 22 cm. Natchez, Mississippi, once had more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in America, and its wealth was built on slavery and cotton. Today it has the greatest concentration of antebellum mansions in the South, and a culture full of unexpected contradictions. Prominent white families dress up in hoopskirts and Confederate uniforms for ritual celebrations of the Old South, yet Natchez is also progressive enough to elect a gay black man for mayor with 91% of the vote. 20210125. Grant, Richard 1963- Travel. Travel writing. Anecdotes. Personal narratives. Natchez (Miss) Social life and customs. Natchez (Miss) History. Natchez (Miss) Description and travel.