A Daring Life: A Biography of Eudora Welty

Contents

ix Contents one Life in Jackson: Eudora’s Early Years 3 two Eudora’s Education 15 three The 1930s: Finding Her Eye and Her Voice 28 four Before the War: Friends, Fellowship, and Early Success 37 five World War II: A Promising Career Interrupted 49 six The 1960s: Personal and Political Unrest 59 seven Grief and Recovery: The Optimist’s Daughter and One Writer’s Beginnings 67 eight The Importance of Friendship: Eudora’s Final Days 75 afterword Eudora Welty’s House 85 x Contents Acknowledgments 90 Appendix 1 Eudora Welty’s Artwork 92 Appendix 2 Chronology of Eudora Welty’s Life 95 Appendix 3 Books by Eudora Welty 97 Appendix 4 Major Adaptations of Eudora Welty’s Works 99 Appendix 5 List of Honorary Degrees and Major Awards 100 Abbreviations Used in the Notes 104 Source Notes 105 Bibliography 113 Credits 117 Index 121 A Daring Life Eudora with brothers Walter (middle) and Edward Welty, circa 1917. In later years, Eudora remarked that it was “[t]he first snow that I can remember.” ...