1. Tennessee Williams
... 's the second child and first son of Cornelius Coffin Williams, and Edwina Dakin Williams. Tennessee's father is a traveling shoe salesman, and due to his frequent absences, his mother and sister Rose live with his maternal grandparents Reverend and Walter E. Dakin in the rectory of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. (Falk 22-23) When Tom was three a nearly fatal attack of diphtheria leaves ... branch of International Shoe Company for sixty-five dollars a month, and he spends his nights writing stories. (Spoto 62-67) In the summer of 1935 the garden players of the Rose Arbor Theater in Memphis...
- Word Count: 1843
- Approx Pages: 7
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School