BIOGRAPHY:

Carroll Seabrook Leatherman was born in 1928 in Memphis, into a family with a pedigree as ‘Old South’ as it gets. She is a direct descendant of William Carroll, former governor of Tennessee. Although she grew up in Depression-era Memphis, she also grew up on her grandparents’ plantation in Tunica County Mississippi. She was educated at Finch College in New York City. She and her husband, Richard Leatherman, live in Memphis, yet maintain ties to their Mississippi roots. The Library at Lake Comorant Elementary is named after her, and her family has donated 150 acres to the Desoto County School System. <ref name=http://www.tunicatimes.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=3214&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1018&hn=tunicatimes&he=.com</ref>Goodbye Ole Miss is dedicated to her late son, Dick. She is a writer of Southern stories.

BOOKS:

Carroll Leatherman has written Goodbye Ole Miss, and The Old Man and the Dog. Shebly Foote, renowed Civil War Historian, had this to say about her latest book: "In this contrapuntal narrative, part ups, part downs, yet always perceptive and live, she takes us through this vale of tears and laughter with an abiding sense of wonder." Brooks Taylor, editor/publisher of Tunica County’s 100-year old newspaper, The Tunica Times adds: "Carroll Leatherman’s new book is a window in the soul of the Mississippi Delta. Through her eyes Leatherman illumines forty years of the most profound change in the South since the Civil war . . ."

For a more in depth review please see editor Brown Burnett's review in MemphisMojo.com.

http://www.memphismojo.com/archives/detail.php?id=582

For more information on Carroll Leatherman and a list of her writings See http://www.magnoliacurtain.com/ .

For pictures of the author See http://www.magnoliacurtain.com/photos.php .

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