Description: The Percys are notable not only for their prominence in the political and economic development of the Mississippi Delta but also for their literary creativity. In The Literary Percys, noted historian Bertram Wyatt-Brown examines the role of gender and family history in the writings of this exceptional lineage.
Brief description: BERTRAM WYATT-BROWN is Richard J. Milbauer Professor of History at the University of Florida. He is the author of several books, including Southern Honor: Ethics and Behavior in the Old South, Yankee Saints and Southern Sinners, and The House of Percy: Honor, Melancholy, and Imagination.