Adventure writer Richard Grant takes on "the most American place on
Earth" the enigmatic, beautiful, often derided Mississippi Delta.
Richard Grant and his girlfriend were living in a shoebox apartment
in New York City when they decided on a whim to buy an old
plantation house in the Mississippi Delta. This is their journey of
discovery into this strange and wonderful American place. Imagine A
Year In Provence with alligators and assassins, or Midnight in the
Garden of Good and Evil with hunting scenes and swamp-to-table
dining. On a remote, isolated strip of land, three miles beyond the
tiny community of Pluto, Richard and his girlfriend, Mariah, embark
on a new life. They learn to hunt, grow their own food, and fend
off alligators, snakes, and varmints galore. They befriend an array
of unforgettable local characters, blues legend T-Model Ford,
cookbook maven Martha Foose, catfish farmers, eccentric
millionaires, and the actor Morgan Freeman. Grant brings an adept,
empathetic eye to the fascinating people he meets, capturing the
rich, extraordinary culture of the Delta, while tracking its
utterly bizarre and criminal extremes. Reporting from all angles as
only an outsider can, Grant also delves deeply into the Delta's
lingering racial tensions. He finds that de facto segregation
continues. Yet even as he observes major structural problems, he
encounters many close, loving, and interdependent relationships
between black and white families and good reasons for hope.
Dispatches from Pluto is a book as unique as the Delta itself. It's
lively, entertaining, and funny, containing a travel writer's flair
for in-depth reporting alongside insightful reflections on poverty,
community, and race. It's also a love story, as the nomadic Grant
learns to settle down. He falls not just for his girlfriend but for
the beguiling place they now call home. Mississippi, Grant
concludes, is the best-kept secret in America.
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