by Eli N. Evans (Author) (In) a multi-layered book of great warmth and feeling, (Evans) reminds us anew of the Jewish southern inheritance, its ancient intensities and rhythms and heartbeats. This is a very southern book, and also an immensely American one (Willie Morris). The Jews of the South have found their poet laureate.--Abba Eban. Front Jacket The Jews of the South have found their poet laureate --Abba Eban Author Biography Eli N. Evans (1936-2022) was president emeritus of the Charles H. Revson Foundation in New York City. He graduated from the University of North Carolina (B.A.) and Yale Law School (J.D.) and served as a speechwriter on the White House staff of President Lyndon B. Johnson. A native of Durham, North Carolina, Evans was author of The Provincials: A Personal History of Jews in the South, Judah P. Benjamin: The Jewish Confederate, and The Lonely Days Were Sundays: Reflections of a Jewish Southerner, the latter title published by University Press of Mississippi. Number of Pages: 357 Dimensions: 1.11 x 8.92 x 5.62 IN Publication Date: September 01, 1994