Love, Daddy: Letters from My Father

Language: English

Published by University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, 2022

1496838572 / 9781496838575

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C1 - A first printing hardcover book SIGNED by David Rae with "love," written on the half-title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges and corners, scattered rubbing, scratches and scuffing, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Foreword by Kaylie Jones. 9.25"x9.25", 247 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Love, Daddy: Letters from My Father examines the complexities of father-and-son relationships through letters and photographs. Willie Morris wrote scores of letters to his only son, David Rae Morris, from the mid-1970s until Willie's death in 1999. From David Rae's perspective, his father was often emotionally disconnected and lived a peculiar lifestyle, often staying out carousing well into the night. But Willie was an eloquent and accomplished writer and began to write his son long, loving, and supportive letters when David Rae was still in high school. An aspiring photographer, David Rae was confused and befuddled by his father's warring personalities and began photographing Willie using the camera as a buffer to protect him and his emotions. The collection begins in early 1976 and continues for more than twenty years as David Rae moved about the country, living in New York, Massachusetts, Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Minnesota, before finally settling in Louisiana. "All the while my father was writing to me I somehow managed to save his letters," David Rae writes. "I left them in storage and in boxes and in piles of clutter on desks and in basements. They were kind, offering a love that he found difficult to express openly and directly. He simply was more comfortable communicating through letters." The letters cover topics ranging from writing, the weather, Willie's return to Mississippi in 1980, the Ole Miss football season, and local town gossip to the fleas on the dog to just life and how it's lived. Likewise, the photographs are portraits, documentary images of daily life, dinners, outings, and private moments. Together they narrate and illuminate the complexities of one family relationship, and how, for better or worse, that love endures the passage of time. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Title
Love, Daddy: Letters from My Father
Author
David Rae Morris and Willie Morris
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi
Publication year
2022
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Very Good
Signed
Signed by Author
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
1496838572
ISBN 13
9781496838575
Edition
First Printing.

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