The Mississippi Book of Quotations Review by Billie Hogan
A new book is in our library. The Mississippi Book of Quotations written by David Crews of Oxford, Mississippi. The book is filled with quotations from and about Mississippi. Quotations from Mississippi writers, musicians, sports heroes, and everyday Mississippians. Eudora Welty, William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Fannie Lou Hamer, Oprah Winfrey, Elvis Presley, Archie Manning, Morgan Freeman, and John Grisham just to name a few.
This is a perfect coffee table book. The book is divided into 65 categories. The 2000 quotations are comical, sad, and thought provoking. After reading this book you might understand and have more of an insight to our culture that helps us connect to each other.
The author collected the quotations over his lifetime. When he was a young boy he formed a friendship with Faulkner while stealing apples from his tree. His friendship with Welty was formed by bringing her the New York Times each day. David Crews is a very interesting person himself. He has walked the 450 miles of the Natchez Trace, climbed the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere, helped raise over 2 million dollars for a children’s hospital and traveled the world. He serves as clerk for the federal courts of the Northern District of Mississippi. He and his family live in Oxford.
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