Christmas memories from Mississippi / edited by Charline R. McCord and Judy H. Tucker ; illustrated by Wyatt Waters.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCord, Charline R.

Tucker, Judy H.

Waters, Wyatt.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Mississippi.

American literature.

Mississippi--Literary collections.

Mississippi.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This beautiful book of thirty-eight essays, illustrated by Mississippi's premier water colorist Wyatt Waters, will ring true with treasured recollections of Christmases past. Remember the Christmas it snowed on the Mississippi Coast? Glen Allison recalls that miracle. Richard Ford and Waters tell exactly what they felt when they first laid eyes on a bicycle left under the tree by Santa Claus. These Mississippians celebrate Christmas pageants, the decorating, the family dinners--even as they recognize war and loss as part of our lives and sometimes part of our holidays. Christmas Memories from M

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Christmas Memories; A Plain White Sock; ""We Close at Dusk""; A Talk with Oprah Winfrey; My Christmas Carol; A Father and a Bicycle; My Mother Was Santa Claus but My Father Was an Indian; Snow in Saigon; Ded Moroz; Dusty; Herman's Present; Mississippi Ornament; Christmas Encounter; I Heard the Angels Sing; Christmas Gift; Angels Brought the Message; The Coon Hunt; What Counts; The Greatest Christmas Gift; Plenty; The Soloist; Christmas Recalled and Lessons Learned; A ""Global Soul"" Reflects on Christmas; The Poor Children's Christmas Party; Ode to the Fruitcake

My Christmas Fishing Tale Exiles on Main Street; Splitting Christmas; Christmas Guests; Christmas 1988; Inheritance; The Sport Coat; The Joy of Family; The View from Under the Tree; An Artificial Christmas; Hurry Up and Slow Down; Whole Hog Christmas; Yes, Mississippi, There Is a Santa Claus; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Copyright Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-94088-0

9786612940880

1-60473-781-6

OCLC:

690209817