Liberating Dixie: An Editor's Life, from OLE Miss to Obama

by Ed Williams

Book Overview

Liberating Dixie, a collection from Williams' half-century of journalism, is an exhilarating tour through life as seen by a provocative and insightful Southern writer. The characters range from Jesse Helms to Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, with Bill Clinton, Ross Barnett, Eudora Welty, and William Faulkner's cow also making appearances. The topics provide a panorama of Southern life - politics, religion, race, gay rights, artistic freedom, school...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0989788512
• ISBN13: 9780989788519
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Lorimer Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.8"