From Library Journal
Writing specifically for the traveler with a literary bent, Alabama freelancer Robinson provides detailed information on the homes of notable Southern writers (address, hours, admission fee, telephone) and a brief description of what can be found there, as well as a short profile of each author. The featured writers were either born in the South (William Faulkner) or spent a good portion of their writing life there (Ernest Hemingway). Robinson includes authors from the Civil War to the present, from Mason Locke Weems to William Styron. The appendix lists homes, markers, libraries, festivals, cemeteries, Southern prize winners, and Friends of Libraries U.S.A. recognition plaques. There are some notable exclusions (Walker Percy and James Dickey), and others, like James Weldon Johnson, are included even though their only sites are collections of their works in libraries. Recommended, with reservations, for personal use and public libraries.?Julia Stump, Voorheesville P.L., NY
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
