{"product_id":"southern-bound-a-gulf-coast-journalist-on-books-writers-and-literary-pilgrimages-of-the-heart-paperback-2","title":"Southern Bound: A Gulf Coast Journalist on Books, Writers, and Literary Pilgrimages of the Heart - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn S. Sledge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWalter B. Edgar\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouthern Bound\u003c\/i\u003e represents a running conversation on books, writers, and literary travel written for the \u003ci\u003eMobile Press-Register\u003c\/i\u003e Books page from 1995 to 2011 by John S. Sledge. The collection includes more than one hundred of the best pieces culled from Sledge's total output of approximately seven hundred columns. Numerous classic authors are celebrated in these pages, including Homer, Plato, Gibbon, Melville, Proust, Conrad, Cather, and Steinbeck as well as modern writers such as Walter Edgar, Tom Franklin, and Eugene Walter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile some of the essays are relatively straightforward book reviews, others present meditative and deeply personal perspectives on the author's literary experiences such as serving on the jury in the play version\u003ci\u003e To Kill a Mockingbird;\u003c\/i\u003e spending the night alone in a Jesuit college library's venerable stacks; rambling through funky New Orleans bookshops; talking to Square Books owner Richard Howorth while overlooking the Oxford, Mississippi courthouse; rereading \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/i\u003e on the shores of Mobile Bay; and remembering a beloved father's favorite books. Engaging and spirited, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Bound\u003c\/i\u003e represents the critical art at its most accessible and will prove entertaining fare for anyone who loves the written word.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of extraordinary columns on all things literary from an accomplished Southern critic, historian, and preservationist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of extraordinary columns on all things literary from an accomplished Southern critic, historian, and preservationist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn S. Sledge, \u003c\/b\u003e senior architectural historian for the Mobile Historic Development Commission, was the books editor for the \u003ci\u003eMobile Press-Register\u003c\/i\u003e from 1996 to 2012 and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle. He holds a B.A. in history and Spanish from Auburn University and a master's in historic preservation from Middle Tennessee State University. Sledge is the author of three books with photography by Sheila Hagler, \u003ci\u003eCities of Silence: A Guide to Mobile's Historic Cemeteries, An Ornament to the City: Old Mobile Ironwork, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pillared City: Greek Revival Mobile.\u003c\/i\u003e He and his wife, Lynn, live in Fairhope, Alabama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 06, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45836036702405,"sku":"9781611171372","price":42.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/UgUwAQVQGm9781611171372_f3dc59fa-05ad-487a-b185-26758e73c4db.webp?v=1771259128","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/southern-bound-a-gulf-coast-journalist-on-books-writers-and-literary-pilgrimages-of-the-heart-paperback-2","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}