The Season of Summer

• Other Authors: Myers, Aron Lewis (authoraut)
• Format: Others
• Language: English; English
• Published: Florida State University
• Subjects: English literature; English language
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-6481

During the summer of 1964, Samuel Jennings, a young newspaper reporter travels from Atlanta to a small southern town in Florida to complete a series of features on the oldest living person in the U.S.--a 116-year old former slave named Salena Taswell. His skills as a young reporter are put to the test when he arrives to find the small town locked in racial strife as it prepares for integration. === A Dissertation submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. === Fall Semester, 2011. === October 26, 2011. === Includes bibliographical references. === Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Professor Directing Dissertation; Maxine Jones, University Representative; Jerrilyn McGregory, Committee Member; Diane K. Roberts, Committee Member.