The classic text about the "mind of the South" was published in 1941 written by W.J. Cash. Over the years I have read numerous references to this book. I have it on my shelf but haven never read it. Now comes a journalist saying that she has written the sequel. I don't know about that since I have nor read Cash. So I take this book as it is on its own. It's entertaining but hardly memorable. More later.
The author, who grew up in Atlanta, devotes a whole chapter to her native city. She presents a city that has forgotten its past in its pursuit of total commercialism. I have no use for Atlanta.
Her main point is that the South is changing because of increasing ethnic diversity. How will this change our beloved South? Only time will tell.
Her other main point is the rural poverty and the deseration of the rural South. Her case subject is Clarkesdale, Mississippi. I did not know this city was in such bad straits, but I do know of the desertion of the rural South. I suspect this is irreversible.
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