One Writer's Beginnings (The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History…

by Eudora Welty

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The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization (1)

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One Writer's Beginnings

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National Book Critics Circle Award finalist (Biography/Autobiography, 1984)

National Book Award finalist (Nonfiction, 1984)

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To the memory of my parents / Christian Webb Welty / 1879-1931 / Chestina Andrews Welty / 1883-1966

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In our house on North Congress Street in Jackson, Mississippi, where I was born, the oldest of three children, in 1909, we grew up to the striking of clocks.

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Amazon.com (ISBN 0674639278, Paperback)

Among the most beloved of American writers, Eudora Welty's stories and novels have entertained us for over half a century. Here, in her memoirs, she writes with her usual candor and grace about how a writer's sensibilities are shaped. As compelling as her stories, as witty as her personality, as finely honed as her fiction, Welty's account of her life is a powerful and fulfilling read.

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