Got to 100 books read already this year--wow, that seems quick.
The rest of this title is: How an Unlikely Pair Saved the Least Worst Land in Mississippi. A really good and interesting read about a gay couple in 1968 living in New Orleans area that were looking for some property nearby. They found 80 acres in MS that wasn't really near anything and I think 30 miles or so from the Gulf coast. In the book, he gets into great details of the land and the different trees, marshes, wildlife, etc on this land. Goes into the improvements that made and how after a hurricane how those improvements had to start over & actually were much improved on their 2nd time. Not only was this a gay couple, Don the author is white and his partner Willie was a black man which plays into some of the relationships they have with neighbors. I don't remember it being mentioned in book if neighbors thought they were a couple or if it was more like roommates or friends. Willie does end up dying of AIDS and Don after buy some surrounding land turns it over to the Nature Conservancy to keep the land as a nature preserve. I checked their website & it is still listed as that today--a really nice and happy ending to this story and for the land.
There are no copies in the system and I will be posting it on PBS. I had gotten it sent to me through PBS but I think it was a free one that was sent because not in the transaction pages, oh well would have been nice to see where the book has traveled.
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