This classic tale of shipwreck and survival is reprinted in a new edition, with essays that provide a historical perspective and trace the sources from which Kenneth Roberts (1885-1957) drew his tale. A native Mainer, Roberts, whose historical novels include Northwest Passage and Arundel, was intrigued by the story of the December 1710 wreck of the Nottingham. After running aground a dozen miles offshore, the ship broke up, stranding her crew with minimal tools, scant shelter, and a few pieces of cheese. The men survived nearly a month of screeching gales, sub-freezing temperatures, and...
This classic tale of shipwreck and survival is reprinted in a new edition, with essays that provide a historical perspective and trace the sources fro...
William Weaks Morris was a writer defined in large measure by his southern roots. This volume is a comprehensive reference to Willie Morris' life and works. It also provides an in-depth literary biography based on hundreds of primary sources such as letters, newspaper articles and interviews.
William Weaks Morris was a writer defined in large measure by his southern roots. This volume is a comprehensive reference to Willie Morris' life and ...
During the three decades since the London Sunday Times trumpeted North Toward Home as -the finest evocation of an American boyhood since Mark Twain, - southerner Willie Morris (1934-1999) wrote seventeen other books, including a second well-received volume of autobiography. Throughout his lengthy literary career, which began when he contributed his first sports column to a local newspaper at the age of twelve, he attained national prominence as a journalist, nonfiction writer, novelist, editor, and essayist.
Conversations with Willie Morris, the first collection of...
During the three decades since the London Sunday Times trumpeted North Toward Home as -the finest evocation of an American boyhood si...
In the course of his career Willie Morris (1934-1999) attained national prominence as a journalist, editor, nonfiction writer, novelist, memoirist, and news commentator. As this eloquent book reveals, he was also a master essayist whose gift was in crafting short compositions.
Shifting Interludes, an anthology that spans his career of forty years, includes pieces he wrote for the Daily Texan, Texas Observer, the Washington Star, Vanity Fair, Southern Living, and other publications. These diverse works reflect the scope of Morris's wide-ranging...
In the course of his career Willie Morris (1934-1999) attained national prominence as a journalist, editor, nonfiction writer, novelist, memoirist,...
