My two Oxfords [electronic resource] / Willie Morris ; wood engravings by John DePol ; afterword by JoAnne Prichard Morris ; photograph by David Rae Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, Willie.

Contributor:

DePol, John, 1913-2004.

Morris, David Rae.

Morris, JoAnne Prichard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, American--20th century.

Authors, American.

Oxford (Miss.)--Description and travel.

Oxford (Miss.).

Oxford (England)--Description and travel.

Oxford (England).

University of Mississippi.

University of Oxford.

Morris, Willie.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (33 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2009.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

My Two Oxfords; AFTERWORD

Notes:

"'My two Oxfords' first appeared in Homecomings, published by University Press of Mississippi in 1989"--T.p. 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"--P. 26.

Contains:

Morris, Willie. Homecomings.

ISBN:

1-283-43474-1

9786613434746

1-60473-888-X

OCLC:

774384919