Are you a Faulkner fan? Come by and see the property that sparked many of his writings in the Behind the Big House Tour, April 12th-14th. McCarroll Place once held the infamous “Ludie’s Window” (now safely displayed at the Marshall County Historical Museum) and has a very interesting slave history. The slave quarters on the property will be part of this year’s tour.
“I think it’s one of the most sensational literary discoveries of recent decades,” said John Lowe, an English professor at Louisiana State University who is writing a book on Faulkner. He was one of a handful of experts who met Dr. Francisco at the hand-hewn log house in Holly Springs last month. There they saw the windowpane where a cousin, Ludie Baugh, etched the letters L-U-D-I-E into the glass while watching Confederate soldiers march by — a scene that appears in several Faulkner works. [Taken from NY Times article here.]
