| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 393 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Foreword by Rick Bragg -- Preface -- Chronology -- Part I. North Toward Home to Mississippi: The Life and Works of Willie Morris -- Early Years (1934-1952) -- College Days and Controversy (1952-1956) -- An American Abroad (1956-1960) -- Crusading Journalist (1960-1971) -- Adrift on Long Island (1971-1979) -- South Toward Home (1979-1999) -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Part II. Published Writings by Willie Morris -- Contents -- Books -- The South Today: 100 Years After Appomattox -- North Toward Home -- Yazoo: Integration in a Deep-Southern Town -- Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood -- The Last of the Southern Girls -- A Southern Album: Recollections of Some People and Places and Times Gone By -- James Jones: A Friendship -- Terrains of the Heart and Other Essays on Home -- The Courting of Marcus Dupree -- Always Stand In Against the Curve and Other Sports Stories -- Good Old Boy and the Witch of Yazoo -- Homecomings -- Faulkner's Mississippi -- My Two Oxfords -- After All, It's Only a Game -- New York Days -- My Dog Skip -- A Prayer for the Opening of the Little League Season -- The Ghosts of Medgar Evers: A Tale of Race, Murder, Mississippi, and Hollywood -- My Cat Spit McGee -- My Mississippi -- Taps: A Novel -- Shifting Interludes: Selected Essays -- Articles in the Daily Texan -- Articles in the Texas Observer -- Magazine and Journal Articles -- Newspaper Articles -- Contributions to Books -- Introductions and Forewords -- Book Reviews -- Letters to the Editor -- Part III. Published Writings About Willie Morris -- Contents -- Book Reviews -- The South Today: 100 Years After Appomattox -- North Toward Home -- Yazoo: Integration in a Deep-Southern Town -- Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood -- The Last of the Southern Girls |
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A Southern Album: Recollections of Some People and Places and Times Gone By -- James Jones: A Friendship -- Terrains of the Heart and Other Essays on Home -- The Courting of Marcus Dupree -- Always Stand in Against the Curve and Other Sports Stories -- Good Old Boy and the Witch of Yazoo -- Homecomings -- Faulkner's Mississippi -- After All, It's Only a Game -- New York Days -- My Dog Skip -- A Prayer for the Opening of the Little League Season -- The Ghosts of Medgar Evers: A Tale of Race, Murder, Mississippi, and Hollywood -- My Cat Spit McGee -- My Mississippi -- Taps: A Novel -- Shifting Interludes: Selected Essays -- Biographical and Critical Entries from Reference Works -- Magazine and Journal Articles -- Newspaper Articles -- Books and Sections of Books -- Theses and Dissertation -- Selected Web Pages -- Obituaries and Memorial Tributes -- Part IV. A Sense of History: Tracing the Civil War with Willie Morris -- Index |
| Summary |
William Weaks Morris was a writer defined in large measure by his Southern roots. A seventh generation Mississippian, he grew up in Yazoo City frequently reminded of his heritage. Spending his college years at the University of Texas and at Oxford University in England gave Morris a taste of the world and, at the very least, something to write home about. This volume is a comprehensive reference work dealing with Willie Morris' life and works. It is also a literary biography based on hundreds of primary sources such as letters, newspaper articles and interviews. The principal focus is on Morris' literary legacy, which includes works such as North Toward Home, New York Days and My Dog Skip |
| Notes |
Reprint. Originally published 2006 |
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Includes index |
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Print version record |
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Morris, Willie -- Bio-bibliography
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| SUBJECT |
Morris, Willie fast |
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Authors, American
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| SUBJECT |
Mississippi -- Biography
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Mississippi
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Bio-bibliography
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781476612317 |
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1476612315 |
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