The plants and landscape at Rowan Oak are the little postage stamp of soil that William Faulkner owned, walked, and tended for over thirty years during the writing of many of his short stories and novels. Faulkner saw and smelled the earth and listened to sounds from the cultivated grounds and the surrounding woods. This is the place that offered him refuge for writing and provided him food from its garden, fruit and nut trees, and pasture for his horses and a milk cow. Rowan Oak boasts a diverse landscape, encompassing an aristocratic eastern redcedar-lined drive and walk as well as hardy ornamental shrubs, trees, pastures, and a hardwood forest with virgin timber. More than fifty years after Faulkner's death, Rowan Oak remains a sanctuary and a place of mystery and beauty nestled in the midst of Oxford, Mississippi. The photographs in The Land of Rowan Oak are botanist Ed Croom's exploration and documentation of the changes in the plants and landscape over more than a decade. Croom encountered early morning mists, the summer heat and haze, and even rare snowfalls in his near-daily walks on the grounds. His photographs record a decaying fence line, trees and plants that have since disappeared, and the newly restored sunken garden. This book honors the land Faulkner loved. While Faulkner's novels have left an indelible legacy in southern and American letters, the landscape of his beloved home also serves as a record of the botanical history of this most storied corner of the American literary South.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
ISBN-13
9781496809018
eBay Product ID (ePID)
225552051
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Land of Rowan Oak: an Exploration of Faulkner's Natural World
Author
Ed Croom
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Nature, Literature, People
Publication Year
2016
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
279mm
Item Width
279mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Ed Croom
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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