{"product_id":"the-deepest-south-of-all-9781501177842","title":"The Deepest South of All","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBestselling travel writer Richard Grant “sensitively probes the complex and troubled history of the oldest city on the Mississippi River through the eyes of a cast of eccentric and unexpected characters” (\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNatchez, 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMuch as John Berendt did for Savannah in \u003ci\u003eMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e and the hit podcast \u003ci\u003eS-Town\u003c\/i\u003e did for Woodstock, Alabama, so Richard Grant does for Natchez in \u003ci\u003eThe Deepest South of All\u003c\/i\u003e. With humor and insight, he depicts a strange, e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867339829591,"sku":"9781501177842","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501177842.jpg?v=1722282869","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-deepest-south-of-all-9781501177842","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}