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Marionettes by William Faulkner Deluxe facsimile boxed edition of William Faulkner's first book, a one-act play which he wrote, illustrated, handprinted and bound by hand as a college student in 1920.

Collection of first 54 issues of The Faulkner Newsletter, a tabloid-format quarterly publication with news of current publications about the life and work of author William Faulkner, seminars, conferences, reminiscences, obituaries, book reviews and Faux Faulkner parody contest winning entries, and related scholarship and news of collections and rare book sales; coffee-table sized paperback, spiral-bound, 11 by 17 inches, with index. Introduction by newsletter editor, William Boozer.

Two collections of early poems by William Faulkner; a sonnet sequence dedicated to his sweetheart, Helen Baird, c. 1925; and "Mississippi Poems," c. 1926, which were typed for Faulkner at the law office of his mentor, Phil Stone. Each section has a separate scholarly introduction; "Helen: A Courtship," intro. by Carvel Collins; "Mississippi Poems," intro. by Joseph Blotner.

A novel for young readers about a boy's adventures growing up in post-WWII Mississippi. Author Willie Morris, then editor of Harper's Magazine in New York, wrote Good Old Boy when his son David, age ten, asked, What was it like to grow up in the South? Morris s response turned into a timeless story of growing up in a small Southern town, Yazoo City in the early 1950s, roaming the town with his friends and playing practical jokes and having adventures. Good Old Boy is supplemental reading at many schools for sixth through ninth grade.

The sequel to GOOD OLD BOY; Willie's adventures continue after WWII when the town of Yazoo is gripped by rumors of witchcraft. Juvenile fiction, trade paper.

A novel about the "first bowl game" played in America. All-star teams from North and South converge on Gettysburg in 1896 to play a football game that resembles a rematch of the Civil War; a near-riot ensues as veterans from Union and Confederate armies rage up and down the sidelines.

Rommel.s Peace, a sequel to Wells. first novel, Rommel and the Rebel, is based on Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.s plan to contact Eisenhower and arrange a ceasefire. Shortly before D-Day, Rommel releases U.S. Army Lt. Max Speigner from a German POW camp and sends him to England as peace envoy. Rommel wants to stop the fighting. The British want to kill him. Speigner is caught in the middle.

In the 1940s at his home, Rowan Oak, in Oxford, Mississippi, Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner told ghost stories to the children in his family. Faulkner's niece, Dean Faulkner Wells, has recounted the haunting and heartbreaking story of "Judith," the chilling tale of "The Werewolf," and the macabre story of "The Hound." This school edition includes an Introduction by Willie Morris, illustrated biography of William Faulkner, with study guide including discussion questions, vocabulary lists and suggested class projects, paperback binding, 84 pages. Recommended for middle school students. "Dean Faulkner Wells describes Rowan Oak and the Pappy of her childhood with a rare eye and with the Faulkner care and genius for words, and with the emotion of love." (American Bookseller)

The Night of the Old South Ball and Other Essays and Fables is the first collection of essays by Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, Edwin M. Yoder, Jr. These 88 perceptive and entertaining essays are drawn primarily from The Greensboro Daily News, The Washington Star, and The Washington Post, where they originally appeared.

Assignment: Memphis is the first collection of 150 columns by Mid-South humorist Lydel Sims from his popular and entertaining weekly column in The Commercial Appeal. Featuring a new Preface by Pat Sims; Introduction by William Thomas; and cartoons by Charles Nicholas that originally appeared with Sims’ columns. In 1949 Sims began writing his column, "Assignment: Memphis," in which he made fun of “the things that make the rest of us scream.” Fascinated with language and life’s idiosyncrasies, he explored topics such as “Brainwashing Removes the Worry” and “Clothes Encounter of the Worst Kind.” Historian Shelby Foote writes, “I began each day with Lydel Sims in The Commercial Appeal. For those who have not known him up to now, this book is a splendid way to them to begin the rest of their lives.” 274 pages, trade paper, ISBN 9780916242817, $29.95.