The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity

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Summary: Revisionist and Politically Correct
Review: Growing up in the Delta I find a lot to dislike about this exercise in academic revisionism of Southern history. The author is clearly ignorant of those times that shaped the history of the Delta, the floods of 1927 and '37 followed by the migrations of black people to the North followed by the mechanical cotton picker, followed by the emmigration of light industry to the "new" south. This superficial book is typical of the ideological rectitude among apologists that permeate parochial history departments. A person wishing to understand the psyche of the Delta should read instead, "Lanterns on the Levee",or "Rising Tide", both available from Amazon.com.

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Summary: The Most Southern Place on Earth, The Mississippi Delta and
Review: I loved what the book! As a 4th generation Mississippi Deltan, seventh generation Mississippian, white , 48 year old male, I was very impressed with Mr Cobb's research. He certainly dispelled many of the myths that we were taught as we grew up from a segregated society to a desegregated society. I now live in Colorado but my family and friends still live in the Delta. I wish this book was required reading in the schools in the Delta as well as anywhere segregation and racism exists to help people better understand why these problems that continue to plague these areas will not go away. A great study on the Mississippi Delta with more fact than fiction.

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Summary: Important Book
Review: Love it or hate it, the South, and Mississipi in particular, looms large in the identity of America. "The Most Southern Place on Earth" does an outstanding job explaining how Mississippi became, well, Mississippi. It is just amazing how much this obscure and economicaly poor state has contributed to the arts and culture of the county.