The Prince of Frogtown With candor, insight, and tremendous humor, Bragg seamlessly weaves these luminous narrative threads together and delivers an unforgettable rumination about fathers and sons.Inspired by Rick Bragg's love for his stepson, The Prince of F
| TITLE | : | The Prince of Frogtown |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.93 (686 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 1400032687 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 272 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2009-04-07 |
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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.
EDITORIAL :
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. Unlike his previous two memoirs, Bragg merges his father's history of severe hardships and simple joys with a tale from the present: his own relationship with his 10-year-old stepson. Bragg crafts flowing sentences that vividly describe the southern Appalachian landscape and ways of life both old and new. 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. 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 w
REVIEW :
Those two guys go great together. It has been said that without Bob Hunter there never would have been a Greenpeace. This state of personal assuarance is a result of a chase surrendered. I knew something was up a few chapters into this book and I almost put it down, but I cannot help but continue because I love hearing about their lives. I found that Randy Simmons was a great guy to talk with. But in adult life, I have found the humility, humor, genius insight, peace, joy and truth in the writing and philosophy of C.S. I lived in the Pacific Northwest during this time and I wasn't aware of what it was like so far away. Absolutely loved this book and reading Wapiti next. With his passing I rededicate my life to what Bob was all about. It’s a tribute to a man dedicated to his profession; it is a tribute to a man who gave his life to the community he served; it is a tribute to a man w
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