Born in
Cardiff in 1924, Jon Manchip White is the author of nearly thirty
books of fiction, history, travel, and biography. After studying
at Cambridge University he served in the Royal Navy and the Welsh
Guards, and was a member of the British Foreign Service. He then
moved to America where he spent ten years as a professor at the
University of Texas before becoming the holder of the Lindsay
Young Chair of English at the University of Tennessee.
Short Stories
Whistling
Past the Churchyard, Atlantic Monthly Press (New York), 1995
(Including: "Langa Valela", "The Well", "The
Commodore", "Toccata", "The Rowans", "Nightingales", "Carry Me
Home", "The Ruby Fly", "The Spirit of Wales".)
Echoes
and Shadows,
Tartarus Press (Carlton-in-Coverale), 2003
(Including: "Knaves", "Moel Hebog", "Ora Pro
Nobis", "The Flask", "Crystal", "Corpse Candles", "Shadowplay", "A
Box of Bones", "The Jacket", "Angharad", "Smoke", "Birdie",
"Epilogue".)
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