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William Alexander Percy (May 14, 1885 – January 21, 1942) was a lawyer, planter, and poet from Greenville, Mississippi. His autobiography Lanterns on the Levee (Knopf 1941) became a bestseller. His father LeRoy Percy was the last United States Senator from Mississippi elected by the legislature.
- January 21, 1942 (aged 56)
- LeRoy Percy, Camille Percy
- May 14, 1885, Greenville, Mississippi, U.S.
William Alexander Percy (14 de mayo de 1885 - 21 de enero de 1942) fue un abogado, plantador y poeta de Greenville, Mississippi. Su autobiografía Lanterns on the Levee (Knopf 1941) se convirtió en un éxito de ventas. Su padre LeRoy Percy fue el último senador estadounidense por Mississippi elegido por la legislatura.
William Alexander Percy was born on 15 May 1885 in Greenville, Mississippi, and was named after his grandfather, a planter and lawyer who served as a colonel during the Civil War, earning the nickname the Gray Eagle of the Valley. Will Percy perceived himself as distanced from and overshadowed by his father, LeRoy, a powerful […]
Who we are. William Alexander Percy (1885-1942) was the son of US Senator LeRoy Percy, owner of the 20,000 acre Trail Lake plantation near Greenville, Mississippi. He matriculated at Sewanee at the age of 14, spent a year in Paris after graduation, and then earned a law degree from Harvard. He served with Herbert Hoover on the Commission for ...
In this evocative biography, Benjamin E. Wise presents the singular life of William Alexander Percy (1885-1942), a queer plantation owner, poet, and memoirist f...
12 de mar. de 2012 · This biography presents the singular life of William Alexander Percy (1885–1942), a queer plantation owner, poet, and memoirist from Mississippi. Though Percy is best known as a conservative apologist of the southern racial order, this telling creates a complex and surprising portrait of a cultural relativist, sexual liberationist ...
A familiar figure in the history of southern life and southern letters, William Alexander Percy has for years been characterized as the melancholic, sexually fr We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website.By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
