Original upload date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Sat, 11 Dec 2021 02:39:16 GMT
Colleague Scott Jarrad (read by Jerry Griffin) received an excellence in broadcasting award from storied Southern Journalist and author James Street moments before he passed away on stage from a heart
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attack. This heartfelt tribute was published afterwards and Street's memory is maintained by descendent, the Actor Elliott Street. "A Biography," By Lindsay Roberts (SHS) "Best known internationally for his boy and dog story called The Biscuit Eater, James Howell Street was a hobo, soda jerk, butcher, reporter, and minister before he became a famous writer. His stories grew out of his background and experience, primarily the country, boys, dogs,Mississippi, and ministers. He considered himself a professional entertainer or craftsman rather than a literary writer." He was also a "Reporter from the Pentagon."
More Information: "James H. Street" From Wikipedia http://tinyurl.com/875eums ; "James Howell Street (1903--1954)" fro Arkansas History and Culture http://tinyurl.com/7myogxc ; "MISSISSIPPI WRITERS: James Street" http://tinyurl.com/75z2o3n
