the Oxford American In This Issue... Publisher • John Grisham Editor • Marc Smirnoff Managing Editor • Linda Peal Art Director & Designer • Kent Bain Associate Editors • Thomas Easterling Matthew Teague Contributing Editor • Jeff Baker Line Editors • Al Dixon Jennifer L. Johnson Kathy Williams Kostopulos James Lilley • Barbara Lowe Jane Mullen Interns • Gaye Hederman • Martha Hutchinson • Calvin Sheppard Advertising Representatives • Debi Barham Harry J. Benedict • Laurie Berry THE OXFORD AMERICAN P. O. DRAWER 1156 OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI 38655 601. 236. 1836. The Oxford American is published bimonthly by The Oxford American, Inc. © The Oxford American. ISSN NUMBER 1074-4525. Second Class Postage Permit Applied For And Pending. The Oxford American invites submissions appropriate for a magazine from the South, but does not consider, or return, manuscripts which arrive without sufficient return postage. Please submit to the above address. Response time varies but can take as long as two months. Subscription prices: in the United States: $24.00 per year (six issues). Outside the U.S.A.: $48.00. For subscription information call: 1-800-269-6926. Or write: OXFORD AMERICAN SUBSCRIPTIONS P. O. BOX 17017 NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91615-9752 Oxford and Oxford American English are registered trademarks of Oxford University Press which is not affiliated with The Oxford American, Inc. We use the title with their permission. Correction: The photograph of William Faulkner taken in the 1930s at the Oxford airport which appeared in the last issue of The Oxford American should have been credited properly. It was printed through the courtesy of the Special Collections Department at the John D. Williams Library at the University of Mississippi. We thank them. PRINTED in MISSISSIPPI. Cover Art by William Joyce (Detail from A Day with Wilbur Robinson) Features SHORT STORY 12 • Blaze of Dreams by JoyTremewan 44 • The Water Man by JUNE SPENCE GALLERY 52 • A Day with William Joyce ESSAYS 70 • Hypocrisy by Alan JACOBS 19 • Second-Guessing the Past by LAWRENCE WELLS PERSONALITIES 58 • One Night with the Killer by John Fergus Ryan HISTORY 32 • The Life and Legend of Doc Holliday by Allen Barra Departments DOWN, OUT & ABOUT 7 • Radio Men • A Necessary Place • Guntown Stranger SOUTHERN TRAVEL 24 • Strange Longings in Monroeville by LINDA PEAL SOUTHERN FOOD 28 • Dispatch from the Tick Farmer’s Kitchen by Jonathan Miles SOUTHERN VIDEO 66 • Blue-Eyed Soul by MICHAEL SRAGOW SOUTHERN BOOKS 72 • Erskine Caldwell: The Journey from Tobacco Road by Hal Crowther 76 • Roscoe Turner: Aviation’s Master Showman by William Jeanes 75 • SOUTHERN BESTSELLERS 80•SOUTHERN SCENES by Tom Sully August/September 1995 Page•3