Notes From the Mississippi Delta by Nathan Miller

by Nathan Miller

A culture that has brought us legendary musicians such as RL Burnside, Big Jack Johnson, T-Model Ford and drummer Sam Carr. In this exhibition, musicians, juke joints, barber shops and the expansive landscape of the Delta are recorded in Miller's extensive travels through the land where the blues began.

Hardcover

First published July 1, 2008

About the author

Nathan Miller received his bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the University of Maryland before becoming a reporter for the Baltimore Sun. He spent more than 15 years as a journalist, including a three-year tour as the paper's chief Latin American correspondent, based in Rio de Janeiro, before becoming an investigator and speechwriter for Sen. John L. McClellan on the permanent subcommittee on investigations and later the Senate Appropriations Committee. Miller left the congressional staff in 1977 to be a full-time freelance writer.