The Deepest South of All

📚 The Deepest South of All by Richard Grant

In Natchez, Mississippi, grand antebellum mansions and elaborate pageants keep a version of the town’s past alive. As travel writer Richard Grant gets to know the people who call Natchez home, he explores which stories the town celebrates and which are harder to tell.

Grant weaves conversations with present-day residents together with the remarkable true story of a West African prince who spent decades enslaved near Natchez. The result is a portrait of a town grappling with race, tradition, and how it remembers its past.

Part travelogue and part history, this is a great pick for readers who enjoy Southern nonfiction and getting to know a place through its people.