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The Writings of Mattie Dear
Published by The Delta Press Publishing Co, Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1945
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 62p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. Moderate cover foxing and soiling. Small black and white photo of author in lower right corner of front cover. Printed statement on title-page: This little book is respectfully dedicated to the memory of the members of that heroic organization The Eighth Torpedo Squadron of World War II for whom these letters meant a few moments of relaxation from the grim business of war. Mattie Dear seems to be an older African American woman living in or near the little community of Alligator, Mississippi whose columns/letters appeared in The Clarksdale Daily Press published in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The dated contributions (1942-1944) which appear in this volume are full of religion, local news, pride and humility. Most are around a page or so in length. They are not arranged chronologically. There is no Preface or Introduction to add context. Here are a couple of quotes: (1) "We has to do what the other race say, but it is a fine thing for someone to see after us. I don't know what would happen if someone don't take us in charge. Some of us is so mean to each other until it is a pity but Mattie Dear is not of that stripe. She has a good wish and lovng smile towards everybody. You got to be clean to enter God's kingdom. He never said white or black. He said all. None but the righteous shall see God. Mattie Dear is not uneasy;" and (2) "I am just a common looking negro woman. I work hard for my living. I don't rob no other woman's husband, use the health and strength that the Lord gives me and my health keeps up good. I say whenever I get sick I think it will be a job for the Delta Burial of my body but my soul is at rest." She records all the places on which she has worked in a Jan. 7, 1944 article and notes that she has made more than forty cotton crops. As to her last name, she reports in an Oct. 29, 1943 column: "My first name before I married was Mattie M. Goode, but now my name is Dear. My name was changed in 1924, 14th night of January, so now if old man try to quit me he will have some trouble with me." On July 21, 1944, she reports that Hun, the name she uses for her husband in these letter/columns, is named John Deere. She doesn't explain the different spelling of his last name. OCLC locates five copies (Howard, Texas Southern, U of Miss., Miss. State U. and Atlanta-Fulton Public Library). The OCLC entry for Howard lists the publication date as 1943 but is probably an error.
