Mississippi Profiles: Stories of Memorable Men and Women of the Magnolia State - Paperback

by Janet Taylor-Perry (Contribution by), Judy Davies (Contribution by), Brenda Finnegan (Contribution by)

Twenty four biographies of Mississippians, including Varina Howell Davis (Confederate States first lady), Claudius V. H. Davis (Confederate soldier), Dr. Wharton (physician), Eudora Welty (author), John Faulkner (author), Jerry Clower (comedian), James Thomas Bell (baseball player), Jimmie Rodgers (singer), Walter Anderson (artist), Patrick Smith (author), Capt. Peter Skrmetta (Ship Island captain), Stu Roosa (astronaut), Richard Wright (author), Gus Stevens (Nightclub owner), Grady Byrd (artist), Carolyn Haines (author), Leontyne Price (singer), Willard Boggan (physician), William Winter (governor), Kathy Thibedeaux (dancer), Morgan Freeman (actor), Oprah Winfrey (entertainer), Marty Wilson (artist), Margaret Loesch (media). This is the sixth Gulf Coast Writers Association anthology, each featuring stories, poetry, or essays by those interested in Southern Literature, geography, and history.

Author Biography

Dr. Philip Levin serves as president of the Gulf Coast Writers Association, publishing their quarterly magazine, scheduling their meetings, and editing their yearly anthology. He is the author or editor of seventeen books, as well as scores of magazine articles. He is in his thirty-seventh year as an Emergency Medicine physician, currently at Memorial Hospital of Gulfport.