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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 Twain, "...

In the course of his career Willie Morris (1934-1999) attained 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. The diverse works included in this anthology reflect the scope of Morris's wide-ranging interests.

Covering the span of his 40-year career, this is a collection of eloquent essays by one of the South's favorite writers.