Morris, Willie

Sixteen-year-old Swayze Barksdale comes of age in the southern town of Fisk's Landing in the summer of 1951, his life defined by the Korean War raging overseas, and his job of playing "Taps" at the funerals of the town's fallen soldiers.

Discusses the making of the movie "Ghosts of Mississippi" and examines its historical background: the 1963 assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evans and the conviction thirty years later of Byron de la Beckwith.

The story of a dog and his closest companion, the author, during their growing years in a small town in Mississippi.

The story of a dog and his closest companion, the author, during their growing years in a small town in Mississippi.

The author recounts his experiences in the South from the 1940s through the 1960s.