Table of Contents
Foreword Rick Bragg 1
Preface 3
Chronology 9
Part I North Toward Home to Mississippi: The Life and Works of Willie Morris
Early Years (1934-1952) 13
College Days and Controversy (1952-1956) 26
An American Abroad (1956-1960) 32
Crusading Journalist (1960-1971) 39
Adrift on Long Island (1971-1979) 45
South Toward Home (1979-1999) 49
Epilogue 62
Notes 68
Part II Published Writings by Willie Morris
Contents 77
Books 79
The South Today: 100 Years After Appomattox 79
North Toward Home 79
Yazoo: Integration in a Deep-Southern Town 79
Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood 80
The Last of the Southern Girls 80
A Southern Album: Recollections of Some People and Places and Times Gone By 80
James Jones: A Friendship 81
Terrains of the Heart and Other Essays on Home 81
The Courting of Marcus Dupree 83
Always Stand In Against the Curve and Other Sports Stories 84
Good Old Boy and the Witch of Yazoo 85
Homecomings 85
Faulkner's Mississippi 86
My Two Oxfords 86
After All, It's Only a Game 86
New York Days 87
My Dog Skip 87
A Prayer for the Opening of the Little League Season 87
The Ghosts of Medgar Evers: A Tale of Race, Murder, Mississippi, and Hollywood 88
My Cat Spit McGee 88
My Mississippi 88
Taps: A Novel 88
Shifting Interludes: Selected Essays 89
Articles in the Daily Texan 91
Articles in the Texas Observer 136
Magazine and Journal Articles 162
Newspaper Articles 175
Contributions to Books 182
Introductions and Forewords 189
Book Reviews 193
Letters to the Editor 195
Part III Published Writings About Willie Morris
Contents 197
Book Reviews 199
The South Today: 100 Years After Appomattox 199
North Toward Home 199
Yazoo: Integration in a Deep-Southern Town 205
Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood 208
The Last of the Southern Girls 210
A Southern Album: Recollections of Some People and Places and Times Gone By 213
James Jones: A Friendship 214
Terrains of the Heart and Other Essays on Home 218
The Courting of Marcus Dupree 219
Always Stand in Against the Curve and Other Sports Stories 225
Good Old Boy and the Witch of Yazoo 226
Homecomings 226
Faulkner's Mississippi 228
After All, It's Only a Game 229
New York Days 230
My Dog Skip 237
A Prayer for the Opening of the Little League Season 239
The Ghosts of Medgar Evers: A Tale of Race, Murder, Mississippi, and Hollywood 240
My Cat Spit McGee 245
My Mississippi 246
Taps: A Novel 248
Shifting Interludes: Selected Essays 253
Biographical and Critical Entries from Reference Works 254
Magazine and Journal Articles 257
Newspaper Articles 271
Books and Sections of Books 331
Theses and Dissertation 349
Selected Web Pages 350
Obituaries and Memorial Tributes 351
Part IV A Sense of History: Tracing the Civil War with Willie Morris 365
Index 373
