Summary
"A literary travelogue that ventures deep into the heart of classic Southern literature. As the writer Elif Batuman did for Russian literature in The Possessed, Margaret Eby does for Southern literature in this charming book of literary exploration. From Mississippi (William Faulkner, Eudora Welty,... Full description
- Introduction
- Eudora Welty's Garden : Jackson, MS
- Richard Wright's Schoolhouse : Jackson, MS
- William Faulkner's Liquor Cabinet : Oxford, MS
- Flannery O'Connor's Peacocks : Milledgeville, GA
- Harry Crews's Hurricane Creek : Bacon County, GA
- Harper Lee and Truman Capote's Courthouse : Monroeville, AL
- John Kennedy Toole's Hot-Dog Carts : New Orleans, LA
- Barry Hannah and Larry Brown's Fishing Spot : Oxford, MS
- Coda.