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April 21, 2017

Faulkner fans put Oxford, Mississippi on the map but there's more to explore

By BETH J. HARPAZ
AP Travel Editor

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Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner bought Rowan Oak in Oxford, Miss., and lived there until his death in 1962. Every year over 11,000 people visit the antebellum home, which is both a National Historic Landmark and a National Literary Landmark.

OXFORD, Mississippi — Many travelers find their way to Oxford, Mississippi, as fans of novelist William Faulkner.


 
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