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2. J.B. Jackson, The Necessity for Ruins, and Other Topics (University of Massachusetts Press, 1980)
3. Thomas Foti, “The River’s Gifts and Curses,” The Arkansas Delta: Land of Paradox (University of Arkansas Press, 1993)
4. Carl H. Moneyhon, “Delta Towns: Their Rise and Decline,” The Arkansas Delta: Land of Paradox (University of Arkansas Press, 1993)
5. Jeannie Whayne, Delta Empire: Lee Wilson and the Transformation of Agriculture in the New South (Louisiana State University, 2011)