Rowan Oak : a history of the William Faulkner home / by Sally Stone Trotter ; introduction by Cham and Ike Trotter.
By: Trotter, Sally Stone
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BookPublisher: Oxford, MS : Nautilus Publishing Company, c2017 (Columbia, SC)Description: 73 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781936946235; 1936946238.Subject(s): Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi -- Oxford | Trotter, Sally Stone, 1926- -- Family | Sheegog family | Bailey family | Rowan Oak (Oxford, Miss.) | Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi -- Oxford | Literary landmarks -- Mississippi -- Oxford | Oxford (Miss.) -- Buildings, structures, etcSummary: In 1930, Will and Sallie Bryant deeded and financed the family home, the Bailey Place, in Oxford, Mississippi, to William Faulkner. Sally Stone Trotter, Will and Sallie's granddaughter, writes a little-known history of both families and the home Faulkner loved and named Rowan Oak. Referencing fifty, never-before-published letters from Faulkner to her grandparents and mother (dating from 1930 to 1947), combined with a genealogist's encyclopedic knowledge of her family history, Trotter crafts a compelling biography of a place that changed our literary landscape.
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | General | Archival Reading Room | 813.5/F27/T828r/2017 | Available | 144858 |
Includes bibliographical references.
In 1930, Will and Sallie Bryant deeded and financed the family home, the Bailey Place, in Oxford, Mississippi, to William Faulkner. Sally Stone Trotter, Will and Sallie's granddaughter, writes a little-known history of both families and the home Faulkner loved and named Rowan Oak. Referencing fifty, never-before-published letters from Faulkner to her grandparents and mother (dating from 1930 to 1947), combined with a genealogist's encyclopedic knowledge of her family history, Trotter crafts a compelling biography of a place that changed our literary landscape.
Presented by Laura Anne Heller.