Delta Deep Down. University Press Of Mississippi, Jackson, 2008.
108 pp., 96 color illustrations., 11x10½".  Publisher's
Description 'The image that Jane Rule's book both begins and
ends on is haunting precisely because it captures the past
that's always lurking within the Delta's present. There is
something surreal, almost Kafkaesque on display here. A farmer
with his back to us drives a tractor straight ahead on a lonely
dirt road. Big woods loom on the left. On the right, at the edge
of a field of cotton, a grey-clad horseman moves in the opposite
direction, a ghost returning to history.'-Steve Yarbrough, from
the introduction  The Mississippi Delta evokes mystery, beauty,
and hardship in equal measures. Its haunted fields, turbulent
history, and resilient people have fueled countless songs,
tales, and literary works, and its presence resonates strongly
in the construction of the American South.  In Delta Deep Down,
photographer Jane Rule Burdine captures the region with clarity
and warmth. Since the early