What do you think?
Rate this book
Twice Blessed
In these essays drawn from her "Post- Newspaper" career, one of the countrie's best loved story tellers observes her native South and herself.
Hardcover
First published November 1, 1995
18 people want to read
About the author
Kathryn Tucker Windham
51 books46 followersKathryn Tucker Windham was an American storyteller, author, photographer, and journalist.
Windham got her first writing job at the age of 12, reviewing movies for her cousin's small town newspaper, The Thomasville Times. She earned a B.A. degree from Huntingdon College in 1939. Soon after graduating she became a reporter for the Alabama Journal. Starting in 1944 she worked for The Birmingham News. In 1946 she married Amasa Benjamin Windham with whom she had three children. In 1956 she went to work at the Selma Times-Journal where she won several Associated Press awards for her writing and photography. A collection of her photographs is on display at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. She died on June 12, 2011. The 2004 documentary film, Kathryn: The Story of a Teller, directed by Norton Dill, chronicles Windham's life and varied careers.
Windham got her first writing job at the age of 12, reviewing movies for her cousin's small town newspaper, The Thomasville Times. She earned a B.A. degree from Huntingdon College in 1939. Soon after graduating she became a reporter for the Alabama Journal. Starting in 1944 she worked for The Birmingham News. In 1946 she married Amasa Benjamin Windham with whom she had three children. In 1956 she went to work at the Selma Times-Journal where she won several Associated Press awards for her writing and photography. A collection of her photographs is on display at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. She died on June 12, 2011. The 2004 documentary film, Kathryn: The Story of a Teller, directed by Norton Dill, chronicles Windham's life and varied careers.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
February 21, 2021
Anyone raised in a small town with lots of family and friends around will love this book especially if you live in the south. I have loved storytelling ever since my grandmother used to tell me Brer Rabbit tales of Joel Chandler Harris’s stories and books. The whole book is one of multiple stories and even her tips on storytelling are interesting. This is definitely for Gee’s Bend admirers and anyone with a knack for telling tales. I am so proud that I have been in the lucky audience at the national storytelling festival to hear Catherine Windham tell her tales. I like to think that I will spin some of my own.
June 12, 2022
What a treat to enjoy! I could've read an entire story just about Gee's Bend (the first essay in the collection).
January 30, 2015
Love this Alabama author-what a treasure!
These essays tell her grandsons about her earlier life. Then she goes on to live another 15 or so years. Glad she did it, though.
She was twice blessed.
She was happy.
She knew it.
These essays tell her grandsons about her earlier life. Then she goes on to live another 15 or so years. Glad she did it, though.
She was twice blessed.
She was happy.
She knew it.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews