GOOD OLD BOY: Una Infancia Delta by Willie Morris (Spanish translation by Jacqueline Vasquez Tew); autobiography, trade paperback with Study Guide, 120 pages, ISBN 978-0-916242-92-3, $16.95.
Announcing the first Spanish translation of GOOD OLD BOY: A DELTA BOYHOOD by Willie Morris, a southern classic about growing up in Mississippi which has been taught in Mississippi middle schools and high schools for two generations. “GOOD OLD BOY: A DELTA BOYHOOD” is an autobiogaphy for young readers about a boy’s adventures growing up in post-WWII Mississippi. Author Willie Morris, formerly the 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 Mississippi?” Morris’s response turned into a timeless story of growing up in Yazoo City, Mississippi, in the early 1950s, roaming the town with his friends and playing practical jokes and having adventures. “GOOD OLD BOY” is recommended for seventh through ninth grade and older. [Read more…]