Once You Have Traveled, The Voyage Never

William Ferris Has Long Reigned As The Unimpeachable Source Of The Entire Southern Experience. His Work On Southern Folklore And The Composition Of The Encyclopedia Of Southern Culture Have Made Him Both Legendary And Necessary. His Book, The Storied South , Is A Love Song To The South Bill Helped Illuminate. It's A Crowning Achievement Of His Own Storied Career.

Red Hook Road Made Me Happy, And Happy To Be Alive. It Took Me Out Of My Home On The Coast Of South Carolina, Placed Me In The Town Along Red Hook Road, And Changed Me The Way Good Books Always Do.

I Was Born And Raised On A Carolina Sea Island And I Carried The Sunshine Of The Low-country, Inked In Dark Gold, On My Back And Shoulders.

... The Wing Of A Fly Is Proof Enough Of The Existence Of God For Me.

I Lived With The Terrible Knowledge That One Day I Would Be An Old Man Still Waiting For My Real Life To Start. Already, I Pitied That Old Man.