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Kathryn Tucker Windham
KATHRYN TUCKER WINDHAM (1918-2011) grew up in Thomasville, Alabama. She graduated from Huntingdon College in 1939, married Amasa Benjamin Windham in 1946, and had three children before being widowe...view moreKATHRYN TUCKER WINDHAM (1918-2011) grew up in Thomasville, Alabama. She graduated from Huntingdon College in 1939, married Amasa Benjamin Windham in 1946, and had three children before being widowed in 1956. A newspaper reporter by profession, her career spanned four decades, beginning in the shadow of the Great Depression and continuing through the Civil Rights Movement, which she observed at ground level in her adopted home town of Selma. In the 1970s, she left journalism and worked as a coordinator for a federally funded agency for programs for the elderly. She continued to write, take photographs, and tell stories. The storytelling was an outgrowth of her 1969 book, 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey. More volumes of ghost stories, folklore, recipes, and essays followed; she has now published more than twenty books. Her reputation as a storyteller led to thirty-three appearances over an eighteen-month period on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, which introduced her to an even larger audience. She has written, produced, and acted in a one-woman play, My Name Is Julia, about pioneering social reformer Julia Tutwiler, has narrated several television documentaries, and is a regular interviewee for national and international journalists visiting Alabama in search of the Old or the New South. It is a testament to the good humor, keen intelligence, and life-long curiosity of one of the region’s best known public citizens that she can guide visitors unerringly to either mythical place.view less
Books by Kathryn Tucker Windham
Thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey: Commemorative Edition Jeffrey's Latest Thirteen: More Alabama Ghosts, Commemorative Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5She: The Old Woman Who Took Over My Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jeffrey's Favorite 13 Ghost Stories: From Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Mississippi Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSpit, Scarey Ann, and Sweat Bees: One Thing Leads to Another Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Thirteen Tennessee Ghosts and Jeffrey: Commemorative Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Thirteen Georgia Ghosts and Jeffrey: Commemorative Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Thirteen Mississippi Ghosts and Jeffrey: Commemorative Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jeffrey Introduces Thirteen More Southern Ghosts: Commemorative Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Audiobooks by Kathryn Tucker Windham
Front-Porch Rocking Chairs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGod Was Just Practicing When He Made Men Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
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Front-Porch Rocking Chairs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGod Was Just Practicing When He Made Men Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5