Books by Mississippi Writers 1996-2010
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Creation Date
9-1-1998
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By William R. Ferris, foreword by Eudora Welty University Press of Mississippi (Paperback, $16.00, ISBN: 1578060869, 9/1998) First published in 1992 as You Live and Learn. Then You Die and Forget It All, Mule Trader preserves the true story of Ray Lum (1891-1979), a mule skinner, a livestock trader, an auctioneer, and an American original. Recorded over several years, the book captures Lum's colorful folk dialect as well as Lum's natural storytelling technique.
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