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Author Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.

Title Essays, speeches & public letters / by William Faulkner ; edited by James B. Meriwether.

Publication Info. New York : Random House, [1966.]
[©1965]

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  818.5 FAULKNER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  818 F273E    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  818 F    Check Shelf
Description xv, 233 pages ; 21 cm
Contents pt.1. Essays: A note on Sherwood Anderson -- Mississippi -- A guest's impression of New England -- An innocent at rinkside -- Kentucky; May; Saturday -- On privacy -- Impressions of Japan -- To the youth of Japan -- Letter to a northern editor -- On fear; deep south in labor; Mississippi -- A letter to the leaders in the negro race -- Albert Camus -- pt.2. Speeches: Funeral sermon for Mammy Caroline Barr -- Upon receiving the Nobel Prize for literature -- To the graduating class, University High School -- Upon being made an officer of the Legion of Honor -- To the Delta Council -- To the graduating class, Pine Manor Junior College -- Upon receiving the National Book Award for fiction -- To the Southern Historical Association -- Upon receiving the Silver Medal of the Athens Academy -- To the American Academy of Arts and Letters in presenting the gold medal for fiction to John Dos Passos -- To the Raven, Jefferson, and ODK Societies of the University of Virginia -- To the English Club of the University of Virginia -- To the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO -- To the American Academy of Arts and Letters upon acceptance of the gold medal for fiction -- pt.3. Introductions: Foreword to Sherwood Anderson & other famous creoles -- Introduction to the Modern Library edition of Sanctuary -- Foreword to The Faulkner reader -- pt.4. Book reviews: The road back / by Erich Maria Remarque -- Test pilot / by Jimmy Collins -- The old man and the sea / by Ernest Hemingway -- pt.5. Public letters: To the book editor of the Chicago Tribune -- To the president of the League of American writers -- To the editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal -- "His name was Pete", Oxford Eagle -- To the editor of The Oxford Eagle -- To the secretary of the American Academy of Arts and Letters -- Statement to the press on the Willie McGee case, Memphis Commercial Appeal -- Press dispatch on the Emmett Till case -- To the editor of Life.
Subject Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 -- Miscellanea.
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 -- Correspondence.
Added Author Meriwether, James B., editor.
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