{"product_id":"the-land-of-rowan-oak-ed-croom-9781496809018","title":"The Land of Rowan Oak: An Exploration of Faulkner's Natural World","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Land of Rowan Oak\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed Croom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496809017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496809018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 11.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Ed Croom","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45482499440895,"sku":"9781496809018","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_112fd786-5983-475e-b3b4-16766c61caa8.jpg?v=1715998711","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-land-of-rowan-oak-ed-croom-9781496809018","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}