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Tag Archives: American South
Sean of the South and the Old Man’s Boy
Sean Dietrich and his wife Jamie’s collective world was shaken when their doctor said the C word. Cancer. The emperor of all maladies, the ticking timebomb in each of us. Rather than crumbling into a weeping ball of woe-is-me, … Continue reading
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Tagged American South, bicycles, humor, Of Boys and Men, Southern Literature, sports and outdoors, travel
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War© 2008 H.W. Crocker III 370 pages This is not a book I’d expected to read, because as a Southerner who’s been reading different views about the war for twenty years, I … Continue reading
Stories, southern and otherwise
Rick Bragg is one of those authors I gave a shot simply because people around me wouldn’t shut up about him. It’s easy to understand why, after only a page or two; he has a gift for storytelling, one he … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, American South, journalism, Rick Bragg, Southern Literature
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Southern stories: quotations from My Southern Journey
“My people tell their stories of vast red fields and bitter turnip greens and harsh white whiskey like they are rocking in some invisible chair, smooth and easy even in the terrible parts because the past has already done its … Continue reading
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Tagged American South, quotations, Rick Bragg, Southern Literature
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Go Set a Watchman
Go Set a Watchman© 2015 Harper Lee 288 pages When it was announced that Harper Lee had published a sequel to her legendary book, Go Set a Watchman, I was skeptical, as were many. Given how close its author was … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, American Literature, American South, Harper Lee, Southern Literature
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Afternoons with Harper Lee
Afternoons with Harper Lee© 2022 Wayne Flynt256 pages Recently I had the pleasure of listening to historian Dr. Wayne Flynt speak at my local library, drawing from his new book, Afternoons with Harper Lee. As with Mockingbird Songs, a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, American South, biography, Harper Lee, memoir, Southern Literature, Wayne Flynt
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Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind© 1936 Margaret Mitchell1037 pages It’s been nearly twenty years since I visited the joined worlds of antebellum Tara and postwar Atlanta, tied together through the life of a ruined plantation belle turned business magnate, Scarlett O’Hara. … Continue reading
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Tagged American Civil War, American South, historical fiction, Southern Literature, women
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A southern trilogy: Rick Bragg’s folks
All Over but the Shoutin’ is perhaps Rick Bragg’s most well-known work, beginning a trilogy that, in its focus on one family in the early and mid-20th century, takes readers into the generally ignored territory of the poor white working class of the South. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, American South, biography, Of Boys and Men, poverty, Rick Bragg, Southern Literature
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Readin’ Dixie: The Index
Pursuant to my goal of reading more southern history and literature, I’m creating an index to get an at-a-glance idea of areas I’ve read more in or have ignored. I’m planning on developing this more in 2022! LAND, LITERATURE, and … Continue reading
Tuesday trifecta: hacking, prepping, and making shine
I’ve been dog & cat-sitting away from my computer since last week, and without a TV or computer to distract me I’ve been doing that ‘reading’ thing. First up, I read Just in Case, a prepping-for-newbies book the library acquired … Continue reading
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