books.google.com - The blues grew out of the plantations and prisons, the swampy marshes and fertile cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta. With original research and keen insights, Ted Gioia--the author of a landmark study of West Coast jazz and the critically acclaimed The History of Jazz--brings to life the stirring...http://books.google.com/books/about/Delta_Blues.html?id=mSbw5i0x_5sC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareDelta Blues