Product Description: The Mississippi Delta is known for many things. It is a land of stark contrast, in which rich soil produces an agricultural bounty as well as fearsome economic want. The Delta has compelled generations of writers, musicians, and artists to chronicle and engage its harsh and mysterious beauty...read more

A forthright portrait of the Mississippi Delta uses black-and-white photography to capture the stark beauty of mule barns, field churches, cotton gins, commissaries, crossroads, stores, tenant houses, cypress sheds, and railroad stations.