Author: Tracey A. Weems
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Category : Soil surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Soil Survey, Tensas Parish, Louisiana
Author: Tracey A. Weems
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Category : Soil surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Category : Soil surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Report
Author: Illinois. Dept. of Insurance
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Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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The Tensas Story
Author: Mary Alice Fontenot
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Category : Tensas Parish (La.)
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Category : Tensas Parish (La.)
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Annual Insurance Report of the Department of Trade and Commerce, Division of Insurance of the State of Illinois
Author: Illinois. Department of Trade and Commerce. Division of Insurance
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Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 574
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Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 574
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Annual Report of the Secretary of War
Author: United States. War Department
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
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Languages : en
Pages : 1008
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Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Louisiana
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Category : Louisiana
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Louisiana
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
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Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 .
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
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Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 .
Annual Insurance Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Illinois
Author: Illinois. Auditor's Office
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Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 722
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Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 722
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The House of Percy
Author: Bertram Wyatt-Brown
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198022301
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
The novels of Walker Percy--The Moviegoer, Lancelot, The Second Coming, and The Thanatos Syndrome to name a few--have left a permanent mark on twentieth-century Southern fiction; yet the history of the Percy family in America matches anything, perhaps, that he could have created. Two centuries of wealth, literary accomplishment, political leadership, depression, and sometimes suicide established a fascinating legacy that lies behind Walker Percy's acclaimed prose and profound insight into the human condition. In The House of Percy, Bertram Wyatt-Brown masterfully interprets the life of this gifted family, drawing out the twin themes of an inherited inclination to despondency and an abiding sense of honor. The Percy family roots in Mississippi and Louisiana go back to "Don Carlos" Percy, an eighteenth-century soldier of fortune who amassed a large estate but fell victim to mental disorder and suicide. Wyatt-Brown traces the Percys through the slaveholding heyday of antebellum Natchez, the ravages of the Civil War (which produced the heroic Colonel William Alexander Percy, the "Gray Eagle"), and a return to prominence in the Mississippi Delta after Reconstruction. In addition, the author recovers the tragic lives and literary achievements of several Percy-related women, including Sarah Dorsey, a popular post-Civil War novelist who horrified her relatives by befriending Jefferson Davis--a married man--and bequeathing to him her plantation home, Beauvoir, along with her entire fortune. Wyatt-Brown then chronicles the life of Senator LeRoy Percy, whose climactic re-election loss in 1911 to a racist demagogue deply stung the family pride, but inspired his bold defiance to the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. The author goes on to tell the poignant story of poet and war hero Will Percy, the Senator's son. The weight of this family narrative found expression in Will Percy's memoirs, Lanterns on the Levee--and in the works of Walker Percy, who was reared in his cousin Will's Greenville home after the suicidal death of Walker's father and his mother's drowning. As the biography of a powerful dynasty, steeped in Sou8thern traditions and claims to kinship with English nobility, The House of Percy shows the interrelationship of legend, depression, and grand achievement. Written by a leading scholar of the South, it weaves together intensive research and thoughtful insights into a riveting, unforgettable story.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198022301
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
The novels of Walker Percy--The Moviegoer, Lancelot, The Second Coming, and The Thanatos Syndrome to name a few--have left a permanent mark on twentieth-century Southern fiction; yet the history of the Percy family in America matches anything, perhaps, that he could have created. Two centuries of wealth, literary accomplishment, political leadership, depression, and sometimes suicide established a fascinating legacy that lies behind Walker Percy's acclaimed prose and profound insight into the human condition. In The House of Percy, Bertram Wyatt-Brown masterfully interprets the life of this gifted family, drawing out the twin themes of an inherited inclination to despondency and an abiding sense of honor. The Percy family roots in Mississippi and Louisiana go back to "Don Carlos" Percy, an eighteenth-century soldier of fortune who amassed a large estate but fell victim to mental disorder and suicide. Wyatt-Brown traces the Percys through the slaveholding heyday of antebellum Natchez, the ravages of the Civil War (which produced the heroic Colonel William Alexander Percy, the "Gray Eagle"), and a return to prominence in the Mississippi Delta after Reconstruction. In addition, the author recovers the tragic lives and literary achievements of several Percy-related women, including Sarah Dorsey, a popular post-Civil War novelist who horrified her relatives by befriending Jefferson Davis--a married man--and bequeathing to him her plantation home, Beauvoir, along with her entire fortune. Wyatt-Brown then chronicles the life of Senator LeRoy Percy, whose climactic re-election loss in 1911 to a racist demagogue deply stung the family pride, but inspired his bold defiance to the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. The author goes on to tell the poignant story of poet and war hero Will Percy, the Senator's son. The weight of this family narrative found expression in Will Percy's memoirs, Lanterns on the Levee--and in the works of Walker Percy, who was reared in his cousin Will's Greenville home after the suicidal death of Walker's father and his mother's drowning. As the biography of a powerful dynasty, steeped in Sou8thern traditions and claims to kinship with English nobility, The House of Percy shows the interrelationship of legend, depression, and grand achievement. Written by a leading scholar of the South, it weaves together intensive research and thoughtful insights into a riveting, unforgettable story.
Annual Report, Business of Insurance Companies for Year Ended ...
Author: Illinois. Department of Insurance
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Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 580
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Publisher:
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Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 580
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