Ghosts of Rowan Oak: William Faulkner's Ghost Stories for Children - Hardcover

Dean F. Wells

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0916242072 ISBN 13: 9780916242077

Publisher: Yoknapatawpha Pr, 1981

Synopsis

Though the world knew William Faulkner as a Nobel prize-winning author, the children of Rowan Oak called him Pappy and knew him as the teller of tales that were tragic, entertaining and sometimes terrifying. In the 1940s at his home, Rowan Oak, in Oxford, Mississippi, Faulkner told ghost stories to the children in his family, one of whom, his niece and ward, Dean Faulkner Wells, has recounted three of them: the haunting and heartbreaking story of Judith, the chilling tale of the Werewolf, and the macabre story of the Hound.

About this title

About the Author:

Dean Faulkner Wells is the only niece of William Faulkner. Her stories and articles have appeared in Parade Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, Southern Accents and The Paris Review. She is the author of Every Day by the Sun: A Memoir of the Faulkners of Mississippi, and editor of The Great American Writers' Cookbook.

Review:

Wells describes Rowan Oak and the Pappy of her childhood with a rare eye and with the Faulkner care and genius for words and with the emotion of love She has recaptured the sorcery of her uncle's story-telling. --American Bookseller

All three stories are deliciously frightening and told with moving simplicity. --Southern Living

This book is Dean Faulkner Wells' way of sharing her memories of 'Pappy' with children everywhere. --Detroit Free-Press

About this edition

• Publisher: Yoknapatawpha Pr
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0916242072
• ISBN 13: 9780916242077
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 64