The Prince of Frogtown
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.67 (660 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1400032687 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Bragg (All Over but the Shoutin') continues to mine his East Alabama family history for stories, this time focusing on the life of his alcoholic father. His father's story walks the line between humorous and heartbreaking, mixing tales of tipping over outhouses as a child and stealing an alligator from a roadside show in Florida with the stark tragedies of drunkenness, brawling, dog fighting, chain gangs, meanness and his early death from tuberculosis. The title comes from his father, who grew up in the mill village in Jacksonville, Ala., a dirt-poor neighborhood known as Frogtown, a place where they didn't bother to name the streets, but simply assigned letters. All rights reserved. (May)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. This book, much like his previous two memoirs, is lush with narratives about manhood, fathers and sons, families and the
The final volume of Rick Bragg's bestselling and beloved American saga documents a mesmerizing journey back in time to the lush Alabama landscape of Rick's youth, to Jacksonville's one-hundred-year-old mill and to Rick's father, the troubled, charismatic hustler coming of age in its shadow.Inspired by Rick Bragg's love for his stepson, The Prince of Frogtown also chronicles his own journey into fatherhood, as he learns to avoid the pitfalls of his forebearers. With candor, insight, and tremendous humor, Bragg seamlessly weaves these luminous narrative threads together and delivers an unforgettable rumination about fathers and sons.
A must for Bragg fans; a great place to start for those who will become Bragg fans. Tony King Wonderful book. A no brainer if you are a fan of Rick Bragg, being a memoir of his relationship with his father. But even if you are not a Bragg fan put it on your reading list if you enjoy Southern writing at it's best. Being raised a Southerner is a plus because Bragg will allude to as. Suze, Washington State said Rick Bragg….another great book! Thank you!. Once again, I thoroughly enjoy the writings of Rick Bragg. Takes me to a world I can't get enough of….the South. There were very hard times that he writes about but you can't help but be drawn in by the fierce loyalty the family had for each other. I lived in the Pacific Northwest. "Just so interesting" according to Amazon Customer. Rick Bragg is my favorite author. He has a true and special gift but he doesn't seem to wrestle with ego about it. His depictions of life in the rural south sound so much like my aunts and uncles in east Texas. They were not drinkers but they were steady, stoic and strong. We will never