Tishomingo Blues (novel)
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Tishomingo Blues is a 2002 novel
by Elmore Leonard
, set in Mississippi, about two fledgling allies, the local Dixie Mafia
, and a high-stakes Civil War re-enactment. It happens to be Leonard's favorite book of the books he has written. Plans to become a movie directed by Don Cheadle
have been scrapped.
The title comes from the famous Spencer Williams
song Tishomingo Blues
.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Elmore Leonard
Elmore Leonard
Elmore John Leonard Jr. , better known as Elmore Leonard, is an American novelist and screenwriter. His earliest published novels in the 1950s were westerns, but Leonard went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures.Among his...
, set in Mississippi, about two fledgling allies, the local Dixie Mafia
Dixie Mafia
The Dixie Mafia is a criminal organization based in Biloxi, Mississippi, and operated primarily in the Southern United States, in the 1970s. The group uses each member's talents in various crime categories to help move stolen merchandise, illegal alcohol, and illegal drugs...
, and a high-stakes Civil War re-enactment. It happens to be Leonard's favorite book of the books he has written. Plans to become a movie directed by Don Cheadle
Don Cheadle
Donald Frank "Don" Cheadle, Jr. is an American film actor and producer. Cheadle rose to prominence in the late 1990s and the early 2000s for his supporting roles in the Steven Soderbergh-directed films Out of Sight, Traffic, and Ocean's Eleven...
have been scrapped.
The title comes from the famous Spencer Williams
Spencer Williams
Spencer Williams was an American jazz and popular music composer, pianist, and singer. He is best known for his hit songs "Basin Street Blues", "I Ain't Got Nobody", "Royal Garden Blues", "I've Found a New Baby", "Everybody Loves My Baby", "Tishomingo Blues", "Careless Love", and many...
song Tishomingo Blues
Tishomingo Blues
"Tishomingo Blues" is a famous tune and song by Spencer Williams. The tune was first published in 1917. The title refers to Tishomingo, Mississippi, although the cover of the original sheet music shows a scene in Mexico.The original lyrics are as follows:...
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