Shantybellum

Pull up an ice chest or a cotton bale, peel yourself a crawfish, make yourself comfortable and have some fun at the coolest little shack in town.

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

In a Hollow Space

A Hollow Space By Elodie Pritchartt "The big sweetgum by the front gate finally died." Every death affected him these days, an...

Friday, October 20, 2017

The Forest in Fall

She walks in dappled brown. The trees, emboldened in their bare embrace, reach down, carress her freckled frown from their anchored height...

Friday, October 13, 2017

Cherry Grove

Cherry Grove: A Ghost Tale All around the old place, the dead visit. The day he opened up the trunk of that sweetgum tree,...

Friday, October 6, 2017

More on South-West by a Yankee - Treatment of Slaves 1835

A description of Natchez, written in 1835 by Joseph Holt Ingraham. Offered without comment: "Many of the planters are nort...

Monday, September 25, 2017

Cocodrie Bayou

I drive through miles of cotton fields. White tufts erupt from bolls like butterflies from cocoons. The Louisiana delta spreads out,...

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Fake News by Vernon Rust

Vernon Rust There are writers, and then there are storytellers. Vernon Rust KNOWS how to tell a story, and his memoire, Fake News is...

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Southwest by a Yankee

Painting: Circa 1835 Natchez on the Hill by James Tooley So a couple of days ago, I typed "Natchez" into the search engine...

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About Me

Shantybellum: Natchez, Mississippi, United States; Shantybellum is a shanty shack in Natchez, MS with stories to tell. We'll be talking about all the characters that make Natchez unique, both past and present. You'll learn about the town myths, legends and scandals. We'll tell you where the skeletons are hidden as well as the ghosts. We might even write a poem or two. Enjoy.

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