At his home in Oxford, Jim Abbott sits at the dining room table, from which the retired journalist did most of the writing of his memoir, “Paper Man: Chasing the Truth in the Mississippi Delta.”
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Jim Abbott’s work as a journalist and his outside interests sometimes connected him with famous celebrities, such as actress Brooke Shields. In 1978, Abbott was hiking across the Grand Canyon with a friend when they crossed paths with the 13-year-old starlet on a movie set. (Submitted photo)
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