WILLIAM COLE JONES

A SAGE OF THE SOUTH REMEMBERED

by JULIA SEWELL CARTER


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 9/8/2004

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 8.25x11
Page Count : 312
ISBN : 9781418424619

About the Book

This book is about the life and writings of William Cole Jones (1881-1963).  From 1908 to 1951 he wrote editorials published by The Atlanta Journal.  From tens of thousands of his editorials the author has selected relatively few for republication that exemplify his writing skills, sound judgment, wit, scholarship, and variety of topics.  His newspaper also owned radio station WSB, from which he presented weekly broadcasts.  Those reprinted here provide a concise history of World War Two.  Also included are an address he made at Mercer University and essays he presented to “The Symposium”, and exclusive literary club.


About the Author

Julia Sewell Carter knew Mr. Jones from her birth – his wife was her aunt, and the families were very close.  The Sewell family lived with the Jones family in Decatur for four years, where he inspired her love of literature.  Later, she graduated from Agnes Scott College with a major in English and a minor in Greek, subjects Mr. Jones had once taught at Mercer University.

Mrs. Carter retired from Indiana University in 1982 after serving as head of the Medical Sciences Library.  It was then that she began writing this book.