An introverted little boy in the Mississippi town of Yazoo City struggles to make friends until his parents surprise him with a puppy for his ninth birthday in 1942. Skip, the dog that Willie names, quickly becomes well-known and liked across the town, and he greatly contributes to the development of the young man as he matures into manhood. Inspires by the late Willie Morris' best-selling Mississippi memoir of the same name.
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An introverted little boy in the Mississippi town of Yazoo City struggles to make friends until his parents surprise him with a puppy for his ninth birthday in 1942. Skip, the dog that Willie names, quickly becomes well-known and liked across the town, and he greatly contributes to the development of the young man as he matures into manhood. Inspires by the late Willie Morris' best-selling Mississippi memoir of the same name.
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