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Author Morris, Willie

Title My two Oxfords / Willie Morris ; wood engravings by John DePol ; afterword by JoAnne Prichard Morris ; photograph by David Rae Morris
Edition 2009 ed
Published Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (26 pages) : illustrations
Contents My Two Oxfords; AFTERWORD
Summary One of America's most beloved authors and a master of the personal essay, Willie Morris (1934-1999) wrote nineteen books and hundreds of articles and reflections. To honor his memory on the seventy-fifth anniversary of his birth (November 29, 1934), My Two Oxfords is a special edition of one of these choice essays.In this piece, he addresses the quirky circumstance of having lived in ""two of the world's most disparate places."" There were two Oxfords in his life-Oxford University in England where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar in the 1950's and Oxford, Mississippi, the home of University
Notes "'My two Oxfords' first appeared in Homecomings, published by University Press of Mississippi in 1989"--Title page verso
"This edition of My two Oxfords was inspired by the limited edition first published by Yellow Barn Press in January 1992. The book was reissued by Blacckwell North America later that year ... this 2009 edition commemorating Willie Morris's seventy-fifth birthday"--Page 26
Print version record
Subject Morris, Willie
SUBJECT Morris, Willie fast
Subject University of Mississippi.
University of Oxford.
SUBJECT University of Mississippi fast
University of Oxford fast
Subject Authors, American -- 20th century
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
Authors, American
Travel
SUBJECT Oxford (Miss.) -- Description and travel
Oxford (England) -- Description and travel
Subject England -- Oxford
Mississippi -- Oxford
Form Electronic book
Author DePol, John, 1913-2004.
Morris, David Rae
Morris, JoAnne Prichard
Morris, Willie. Homecomings
ISBN 9781604738889
160473888X