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  | | Shifting Interludes(Reprint) Selected Essays (Paperback) by Willie Morris, Jack Bales Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2017 by University Press Of Mississippi ISBN-13: 978-1-4968-1321-3, ISBN: 1-4968-1321-9 "In the course of his career Willie Morris (1934-1999) attained national prominence as a journalist, editor, nonfiction writer, novelist, memoirist, and news commentator. As this eloquent book reveals, he was also a master essayist whose gift was in crafting short compositions. Shifting Interludes, an anthology that spans his career of forty years, includes pieces he wrote for the Daily Texan, Texas Observer, the Washington Star, Vanity ..." |
 | | Willie Morris An Exhaustive Annotated Bibliography and a Biography by Jack Bales, Rick Bragg Paperback, 403 Pages, Published 2010 by Mcfarland ISBN-13: 978-0-7864-4574-5, ISBN: 0-7864-4574-2 "William Weaks Morris was a writer defined in large measure by his southern roots. A seventh generation Mississippian, he grew up in Yazoo City, close enough to his mother's family to be frequently reminded of his heritage. Spending his college years at the University of Texas and Oxford University in England gave Morris a taste of the world and, perhaps, a deeper appreciation for his southern birthright. At the very least, these experie ..." |
 | | Willie Morris An Exhaustive Annotated Bibliography and a Biography by Jack Bales 403 Pages, Published 2010 by Mcfarland ISBN-13: 978-1-4766-1231-7, ISBN: 1-4766-1231-5 "Sansing, David G. “The Other Mississippi.” Xavier Review ¡4 (Fall ¡994), pp. ¡9– 28. Sansing, professor of history at the University of Mississippi, believes that “for every trait or characteristic that is typical of Mississippi, there is a corresponding opposite trait that is equally typical. That corresponding opposite is the other Mississippi.” For instance, “Mississippi's ready resort to violence and its hostility to outsiders i ..." |
 | | Willie Morris An Exhaustive Annotated Bibliography and a Biography by Jack Bales Hardcover, 408 Pages, Published 2006 by Mcfarland & Company, Inc., Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-7864-2478-8, ISBN: 0-7864-2478-8 "Willie Morris's unfortunate prose contribution here is derivative drivel. ... how did Willie Morris and Irwin Glusker, who have done such splendid work, get mixed up with this hardcover super issue of Southern Living1. ... James. Jones: A. Friendship. Garden. City,. N.Y.: Doubleday. &. Co.,. 1978. (item. 7). 1 087 "Non- Fiction." Kirkus Reviews ... First, Morris should have waited several years before beginning it, so that "memories ..." |
 | | Conversations with Willie Morris(Reprint) (Literary Conversations Series) by Willie Morris, Jack Bales Paperback, 255 Pages, Published 2013 by University Press Of Mississippi ISBN-13: 978-1-61703-702-3, ISBN: 1-61703-702-8 ""I've been asked all over America . . . why Mississippi is so distinctive. You know, we have our failings, but we're coming along all right. But as to why Mississippi is so artistic and athletic I always say there is something in the quality of two things: memory . . . and the sour-mash bourbon." During the three decades since the London Sunday Times trumpeted North Toward Home as "the finest evocation of an American boyhood since Mar ..." |
 | | Conversations with Willie Morris (Literary Conversations Series) by Jack Bales, Willie Morris Paperback, 207 Pages, Published 2000 by University Press Of Mississippi ISBN-13: 978-1-57806-237-9, ISBN: 1-57806-237-3 ""I've been asked all over America . . . why Mississippi is so distinctive. You know, we have our failings, but we're coming along all right. But as to why Mississippi is so artistic and athletic I always say there is something in the quality of two things: memory . . . and the sour-mash bourbon." During the three decades since the London Sunday Times trumpeted North Toward Home as "the finest evocation of an American boyhood since Mark ..." |
 | | Shifting Interludes Selected Essays by Willie Morris . Hardcover, 209 Pages, Published 2002 by University Press Of Mississippi ISBN-13: 978-1-57806-478-6, ISBN: 1-57806-478-3 |
 | | Before They Were the Cubs The Early Years of Chicago's First Professional Baseball Team by Jack Bales Paperback, 262 Pages, Published 2019 by Mcfarland ISBN-13: 978-1-4766-7467-4, ISBN: 1-4766-7467-1 "Founded in 1869, the Chicago Cubs are a charter member of the National League and the last remaining of the eight original league clubs still playing in the city in which the franchise started. Drawing on newspaper articles, books and archival records, the author chronicles the team's early years. He describes the club's planning stages of 1868; covers the decades when the ballplayers were variously called White Stockings, Colts, and Or ..." |
 | | The Lost Life of Horatio Alger, Jr. by Gary Scharnhorst, Jack Bales ISBN-13: 978-0-608-09360-4, ISBN: 0-608-09360-2 |
 | | Boon Island Including Contemporary Accounts of the Wreck of the *Nottingham Galley* by Professor Kenneth Roberts, Jack Bales, Richard Warner Digital, 385 Pages, Published 2000 by University Press Of New England ISBN-13: 978-1-61168-162-8, ISBN: 1-61168-162-6 |
 | | Esther Forbes(Updated) by Jack Bales Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1998 by Scarecrow Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-3370-8, ISBN: 0-8108-3370-0 "Although scores of authors have written more books than Esther Forbes (1891-1967), few have received as many literary awards or as much widespread recognition. Jack Bales's comprehensive Forbes bio-bibliography provides a biographical essay largely based on letters, interviews, and other contemporary source material. The second section of the book is an annotated bibliography of criticism, divided into general criticism and criticism ..." |
 | | Kenneth Roberts(1st Edition) (Twayne's United States Authors Series) by Jack Bales Hardcover, 164 Pages, Published 1993 by Twayne Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-8057-7643-0, ISBN: 0-8057-7643-5 "Readers who enjoy American history dramatized as rousing adventure fiction have always been the ideal audience for the novels of Kenneth Roberts, who, from the late 1930s to his death in 1957, was one of the most popular historical novelists in the United States. A globe-trotting journalist for the Saturday Evening Post and many other popular periodicals, Roberts channeled his enthusiasm for American history into eight novels, including ..." |
 | | The Lost Life of Horatio Alger, Jr. (MIDLAND BOOK) by Gary Scharnhorst, Jack Bales Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1992 by Indiana Univ Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-253-20648-0, ISBN: 0-253-20648-0 "Recounts the life of the popular nineteenth-century American novelist, explains his reasons for leaving the ministry, and assesses the influence of his rags-to-riches novels" |
 | | Kenneth Roberts(1st Edition) The Man and His Works (Scarecrow Author Bibliographies) by Jack Bales, John Tebbel Hardcover, 354 Pages, Published 1989 by Scarecrow Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-2227-6, ISBN: 0-8108-2227-X "With such extensively researched books as Arundel, rabble in arms and Northwest Passage, Roberts (1885-1957) established and maintained a reputation throughout his literary career as an author whose books were not only enjoyable to read but also models of historical writing and accuracy. Bales' com" |
 | | The Lost Life of Horatio Alger, Jr.(1st Edition) by Gary Scharnhorst, Jack Bales Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1985 by Indiana Univ Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-253-14915-2, ISBN: 0-253-14915-0 "Recounts the life of the popular nineteenth-century American novelist, explains his reasons for leaving the ministry, and assesses the influence of his rags-to-riches novels" |
 | | Horatio Alger, Jr., An Annotated Bibliography of Comment and Criticism(1st Edition) by Gary Scharnhorst, Jack Bales, Herbert R. Mayes Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 1981 by Scarecrow Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-1387-8, ISBN: 0-8108-1387-4 "Documents the evolution of popular opinion about Alger's works." |
 | | Boon Island(1st Edition) Including Contemporary Accounts of the Wreck of the *Nottingham Galley* by Kenneth Lewis Roberts, Jack Bales, Richard H. Warner, Richard Hyde Warner, Richard Warner Paperback, 385 Pages, Published 1995 by Upne ISBN-13: 978-0-87451-744-6, ISBN: 0-87451-744-3 "This classic tale of shipwreck and survival is reprinted in a new edition, with essays that provide a historical perspective and trace the sources from which Kenneth Roberts (1885-1957) drew his tale. A native Mainer, Roberts, whose historical novels include Northwest Passage and Arundel, was intrigued by the story of the December 1710 wreck of the Nottingham. After running aground a dozen miles offshore, the ship broke up, stranding he ..." |
 | | Conversations with Willie Morris by Willie Morris, Editor-Jack Bales Hardcover, 207 Pages, Published 2000 by University Press Of Mississippi ISBN-13: 978-1-57806-236-2, ISBN: 1-57806-236-5 "Well, Willie told us about Truman: Truman drives a real big car, and he is little bitty, and he just barely peers over the ... Willie told them about the time he and Robert Penn Warren were inducted as fellows into Stillman College at Yale, ... In addition to North Toward Home in 1967, he wrote Yazoo in 1971; one novel, The Last of the Southern Girls; and a children's book, Good Old Boy. He put ... Recovering from the loss of his f ..." |
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