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Land of Rowan Oak: An Exploration of Faulkner's Natural World
Land of Rowan Oak: An Exploration of Faulkner's Natural World | Ed Croom
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The plants and landscape at Rowan Oak are the "little postage stamp of soil" that William Faulkner owned, walked, and tended for over thirty years during the writing of many of his short stories and novels. Faulkner saw and smelled the earth and listened to sounds from the cultivated grounds and the surrounding woods. This is the place that offered him refuge for writing and provided him food from its garden, fruit and nut trees, and pasture for his horses and a milk cow. Rowan Oak boasts a diverse landscape, encompassing an aristocratic eastern redcedar-lined drive and walk as well as hardy ornamental shrubs, trees, pastures, and a hardwood forest with virgin timber.More than fifty years after Faulkner's death, Rowan Oak remains a sanctuary and a place of mystery and beauty nestled in the midst of Oxford, Mississippi. The photographs in The Land of Rowan Oak are botanist Ed Croom's exploration and documentation of the changes in the plants and landscape over more than a decade. Croom encountered early morning mists, the summer heat and haze, and even rare snowfalls in his near-daily walks on the grounds. His photographs record a decaying fence line, trees and plants that have since disappeared, and the newly restored sunken garden.This book honors the land Faulkner loved. While Faulkner's novels have left an indelible legacy in southern and American letters, the landscape of his beloved home also serves as a record of the botanical history of this most storied corner of the American literary South.
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ferskner
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Next stop on my bookish weekend: William Faulkner's Rowan Oak. I decided to make a full weekend out of my trip to Mississippi, especially when I realized how close to Oxford I was. I had the best time! Even though I realized I hadn't read more than A Rose for Emily (😞), I really enjoyed exploring the house and grounds, complete with Faulkner's hand-written outlines on the walls. (This is really making me wish for IG-style swipe feature on Litsy!)

GypsyKat 😍😍😍 5y
LeahBergen I loved touring this place. Did you go to Square Books? 😄 5y
Erofan Beautiful place 😍 5y
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ferskner @LeahBergen haha that was my last stop! Posting about it now. 5y
robinb I‘ve always loved Rowan Oak. It always seemed such a peaceful, serene place basically in the middle of Oxford (with the college campus not far away). 5y
ferskner @robinb I was so surprised at how central it was! It felt like it was out in the middle of nowhere, but nope, right in the middle of everything. 5y
robinb @ferskner Exactly! Feels like it‘s in its own little bubble...lost in time. Oh gosh, that sounds corny...but know what I mean?! 5y
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Schlinkles
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The man, the myth, the Faulkner.

toofondofbooks I've been there a few times. There is a fantastic bookstore on the square in Oxford 😉 6y
Schlinkles @toofondofbooks Oh I hit it up, don‘t worry! 6y
KellyHunsakerReads Is this Union Count Heritage Museum? 6y
Schlinkles @Hunsakermountain The bottom is Rowan Oak, Faulkner‘s house in Oxford. The statue is on the square in Oxford, not sure what the building was that it was outside of. 6y
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