William Morrow and Company, New York. 1948. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Printing. Signed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name on the half title page. Book Condition: Very Good; light soiling to board peripheral edges and spine. DJ: Fair; DJ was in tatters and has been pieced together; missing front flap and 3/4 ths of the spine. Khaki cloth boards and spine with green lettering and decorations on the spine; plantation house on front board.373 pp 8vo. Written by a popular Southern author this is the story of Natchez Mississippi before and after its time as center of the cotton empire on the Mississippi. Here are the stories of the rich planters, the gamblers, the bandits, the plantation homes, Natchez Trace, and even Natchez- under- the- Hill. A rich brilliant portrait of a people and a scene with warm human touches and keen humor. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.