Harry Harrison Kroll Explained

Harry Harrison Kroll (1888–1967) was an American writer, illustrator and English professor whose students included Jesse Stuart.^[1]

Kroll wrote the novel Cabin in the Cotton which was adapted into the film The Cabin in the Cotton. The University of Tennessee and Mississippi State University have collections of his papers.^[2] Richard Saunders wrote a book about him.^[3] Kroll is described as a Southern ruralist writer in a review of it by Ricky Cox.^[4]

The Cabin in the Cotton includes the famous line "I'd like ta kiss ya, but I just washed my hair."

Bibliography

• The Cabin in the Cotton (1931)^[5]
• The Ghosts of Slave Driver's Bend (1937)
• Darker Grows the Valley
• Mounds in the Mist
• Perilous Journey: A Tale of the Mississippi River and the Natchez Trace (1943)
• The Ancient Grudge (1946)
• The Usurper
• Fury in the Earth: A Novel of the New Madrid Earthquake^[6]
• Riders in the Night (1965)

Notes and References

1. Stuart, Jesse, To Teach, To Love.
2. Web site: Manuscript Collections . utm.edu . September 2, 2023.
3. Web site: UTM professor publishes Kroll bio . 2023-10-18 . NWTN Today . en-US.
4. Never Been Rich: The Life and Work of a Southern Ruralist Writer, Harry Harrison Kroll (review). Ricky. Cox. November 7, 2012. West Virginia History: A Journal of Regional Studies. 6. 2. 91–92. Project MUSE. 10.1353/wvh.2012.0020. 161063965.
5. Web site: Alabama Authors » Blog Archive » KROLL, HARRY HARRISON, 1888-1967.
6. Book: Kroll, Harry Harrison. Fury in the earth: a novel of the New Madrid earthquake. October 14, 1945. Bobbs-Merrill Co.. 1686733. Open WorldCat.