{"product_id":"every-day-by-the-sun-a-memoir-of-the-faulkners-of-mississippi-paperback","title":"Every Day by the Sun: A Memoir of the Faulkners of Mississippi - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDean Faulkner Wells\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEvery Day by the Sun, \u003c\/i\u003eDean Faulkner Wells recounts the story of the Faulkners of Mississippi, whose legacy includes pioneers, noble and ignoble war veterans, three never-convicted mur­derers, the builder of the first railroad in north Mississippi, the founding president of a bank, an FBI agent, four pilots (all brothers), and a Nobel Prize winner, arguably the most important Ameri­can novelist of the twentieth century. She also reveals wonderfully entertaining and intimate stories and anecdotes about her family--in particular her uncle William, or \"Pappy,\" with whom she shared color­ful, sometimes utterly frank, sometimes whimsical, conversations and experiences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This deeply felt memoir explores the close re­lationship between Dean's uncle and her father, Dean Swift Faulkner, a barnstormer killed at age twenty-eight during an air show four months be­fore she was born. It was William who gave his youngest brother an airplane, and after Dean's tragic death, William helped to raise his niece. He paid for her education, gave her away when she was married, and maintained a unique relationship with her throughout his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the 1920s to the early civil rights era, from Faulkner's winning of the Nobel Prize in Literature to his death in 1962, \u003ci\u003eEvery Day by the Sun \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the changing culture and society of Oxford, Mis­sissippi, while offering a rare glimpse of a notori­ously private family and an indelible portrait of a national treasure.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDEAN FAULKNER WELLS \u003c\/b\u003eis the niece of William Faulkner and the daughter of Dean Swift Faulkner and Louise Hale. She is the author of, among other works, \u003ci\u003eThe Ghosts of Rowan Oak: William Faulkner's Ghost Stories for Children \u003c\/i\u003eand is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Great American Writers Cook­book \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Best of Bad Faulkner. \u003c\/i\u003eShe lives with her husband, Larry Wells, in Oxford, Mississippi, where they run Yoknapatawpha Press, a regional publishing house that focuses on southern writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.07 x 5.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759293628704,"sku":"9780307591050","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f23c40a036ebfd76f49a7581cb73f448.webp?v=1780148326","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/every-day-by-the-sun-a-memoir-of-the-faulkners-of-mississippi-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}