William Alexander Percy
William Alexander Percy (May 14, 1885 – January 21, 1942) was a lawyer, planter, and poet from
Greenville, Mississippi. His autobiography ''Lanterns on the Levee'' (
Knopf 1941) became a bestseller. His father
LeRoy Percy was the last
United States Senator from Mississippi elected by the legislature. In a largely Protestant state, the younger Percy championed the Roman Catholicism of his French mother.
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