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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The jacket shows some edge wear along the top. There are a few indentations on the surface and a small piece of sticker left on near the top. The cover is in great shape. See photos. The binding is in good shape. The boards are in good, sturdy condition. The previous owner's name is written to the bottom of the first end paper. The pages of this book are clean and unmarked. FAST SHIPPING & FREE TRACKING. …

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hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; Collectible. First Edition. 2011. University Press of Mississippi, Verona, Italy. Near Fine / Very Good. Lovely hardcover w/ dust jacket, light edge wear along top and to top right corner tip (see photos). Grey cloth boards, silver lettering, minimal wear. Interior clean w/ no markings. Full-color photography throughout by Magdalena Sole. Binding tight. Oversized format 12" x 9.5". Printed & bound by Graphicom in Italy. Introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Rick Bragg, text by Barry H. Smith & Tom Lassiter. Magdalena Sole's contemporary photographic documentation of Mississippi Delta life with introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Bragg. Essential collectible for Southern photography and documentary art enthusiasts. Boxed shipment. Ships from the USA, quickly and with care. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: The Mississippi Delta has been called "the most southern place on earth." This fertile expanse of flat land sprawls along the Mississippi River from Memphis, Tennessee, southward to Vicksburg, Mississippi. Culturally rich as well, the Delta is the land where the blues began. New Delta Rising is an exploration of Mississippi Delta life and a celebration of the indefatigable Delta people who live there. Award-winning photographer Magdalena Sole spent a year interviewing and photographing hundreds of residents in the Mississippi Delta. The deep connection she felt comes through in the compelling images in this book. Sole captures their personal dignity, resilience, and resourcefulness, along with the closeness of family and community she found among them. The accompanying text gives voice to the people of the Delta, illuminating their strength and character and spirit, a spirit bound up in a deeply rooted sense of place and shown in their compassion for one another. In their stories the people of the Delta have much to offer to the rest of the United States. Rick Bragg, the acclaimed author of All Over but the Shoutin', contributes to the volume a lyrical essay evoking the distinctive aura of the Mississippi Delta. He writes, "Myth and magic and legend swirl into the real world, and it can be hard to tell where one stops and the other begins.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. The Mississippi Delta has been called "the most southern place on earth." This fertile expanse of flat land sprawls along the Mississippi River from Memphis, Tennessee, southward to Vicksburg, Mississippi. Culturally rich as well, the Delta is the land where the blues began.New Delta Rising is an exploration of Mississippi Delta life and a celebration of the indefatigable Delta people who live there.Award-winning photographer Magdalena Solà spent a year interviewing and photographing hundreds of residents in the Mississippi Delta. The deep connection she felt comes through in the compelling images in this book. Solà captures their personal dignity, resilience, and resourcefulness, along with the closeness of family and community she found among them.The accompanying text gives voice to the people of the Delta, illuminating their strength and character and spirit---a spirit bound up in a deeply rooted sense of place and shown in their compassion for one another. In their stories the people of the Delta have much to offer to the rest of the United States.Rick Bragg, the acclaimed author of All Over but the Shoutin', contributes to the volume a lyrical essays evoking the distinctive aura of the Mississippi Delta. He writes, "Myth and magic and legend swirl into the real world, and it can be hard to tell where one stops and the other begins.".…