Major Works
- Following the Water, Working the Land: Profiles of Mississippi Outdoorsmen, (1999)
Biography
James Tighe, from Oxford, Mississippi, is the author of Following the Water, Working the Land: Profiles of Mississippi Outdoorsmen. The book was published by Quail Ridge Press in 1999. The non-fiction work tells the story of Mississippi’s skilled farmers, fishermen, trappers and others who gain their livelihood and their inspiration from the outdoors—shrimpers, trappers, boatbuilders, catfish farmers, and other Mississippi outdoorsmen.