The Role of Falkner in the Rise of Faulkner
W.C. Falkner, known as the Old Colonel, had a dashing career. To William Faulkner, the tales about his great-grandfather were the stuff of legend, and he transformed them into the character of Colonel John Sartoris.

‘To the Ramparts of Infinity: Colonel W.C. Falkner and the Ripley Railroad’
By Jack D. Elliott Jr.
University Press of Mississippi, 408 pages
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