[DOC] [TLE] Old Colonel - Mississippi Writers and Musicians [PAR] Biography of "Old Colonel" William Clark Falkner, great-grandfather of William 
Faulkner, ... Like young Bayard's great-grandfather John Sartoris, William 
Faulkner's ... 1881-Wrote his most famous book The White Rose of Memphis, a 
best seller... [DOC] [TLE] William Clark Falkner - Wikipedia [PAR] William Clark Falkner (July 6, 1825 or 1826  November 6, 1889) was a soldier, 
lawyer, politician, businessman, and author in northern Mississippi. He is most 
notable for the influence he had on the work of his great-grandson, ... His most 
famous work was a novel entitled The White Rose of Memphis (New York, G. W.... [DOC] [TLE] William Faulkner - Author - Biography.com [PAR] Sep 6, 2016 ... William Faulkner is one of the most revered writers of the American South, ... of 
the American South who wrote challenging prose and created the ... his twilight 
yearsbest-selling author (The White Rose of Memphis). ... Murry's son, author 
William Falkner, held tightly to his great-grandfather's legacy,... [DOC] [TLE] William Faulkner of The Sound and the Fury | Novel Summaries ... [PAR] William Clark Falkner, his great-grandfather, was a source of inspiration for the ... 
and had also written a popular romance in 1881 called The White Rose of 
Memphis. ... for his fictional character Colonel John Sartoris in his 1929 novel 
Sartoris. ... Following the trend of other American writers, Faulkner made a six-
month tour... [DOC] [TLE] Faulkner, Harris, & the Ghosts of Cooper-Young - Memphis magazine [PAR] Oct 1, 2013 ... The Colonel is clearly based on Faulkner's own great grandfather, ... The White 
Rose of Memphis, that may have inspired his illustrious ... the unfortunate 
Colonel Sartoris, figures large in both Requiem for a Nun and The Unvanquished
. .... best-known writers, written by another great Memphis writer. more. [DOC] [TLE] MWP: William Faulkner (1897-1962) - University of Mississippi [PAR] that would one day be recognized as among the greatest novels ever written by 
an American. ... He was named after his great-grandfather, William Clark Falkner, 
the Old ... and finally a best-selling writer (of the novel The White Rose of 
Memphis), ..... John Sartoris who, like Faulkner's real-life great-grandfather, was 
gunned... [DOC] [TLE] Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 12, William Faulkner [PAR] Encouraged by Sherwood Anderson, he wrote Soldier's Pay (1926). ... after his 
previous booksincluding Mosquitoes (1927), Sartoris (1929), The Sound and 
the .... The only thing that can alter the good writer is death. .... I don't care about 
John Doe's opinion on my or anyone else's work. .... Would you include 
inspiration? [DOC] [TLE] William Faulkner Biography - eNotes.com [PAR] ... a writer, whose novel The White Rose of Memphis (1881) was a best-seller; ... 
This mythical county was Faulkner's great discovery as a writer, his own ... 
published a revised, shortened version of Flags in the Dust, entitled Sartoris. ... 
His next novel, As I Lay Dying (1930), was another well-written but poorly selling 
work. [DOC] [TLE] William Faulkner - NNDB.com [PAR] His great-grandfather had been a regional railroad baron, and the family had 
once been ... He wrote 15 novels set in the fictional Yocona County (later 
renamed ... was also a successful novelist, best known for The White Rose of 
Memphis, ... whose life and character served as inspiration for Faulkner's fictional 
John Sartoris,... [DOC] [TLE] FREE Barron's Booknotes-Light In August by William Faulkner ... [PAR] Sep 29, 2015 ... William Faulkner's great-grandfather, William Clark Falkner, was a Civil ... books, 
including a popular romance, The White Rose of Memphis (1882). ... One day he 
told his teacher, "I want to be a writer like my great-granddaddy."

Question: This writer's great-grandfather, the inspiration for his John Sartoris, wrote "The White Rose Of Memphis"
Answer: William Faulkner