Rick Bragg is the best-selling author of All Over but the Shoutin’ and Somebody Told Me. A national correspondent for the The New York Times, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 1996. He lives in New Orleans.
“Grab[s] you from the first sentence....[and] stays with you long
after you put it down....It is hard to think of a writer who
reminds us more forcefully and wonderfully of what people and
families are all about.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Earthy, mischievous, yet gorgeous. . . . [Bragg’s] tales . . .
would not be out of place if they were told around a campfire.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“As toothsome as a catfish supper. [Bragg] is every bit the equal
of . . . Harper Lee and Truman Capote.” —People
“[Bragg has] a true gift for great storytelling (the kind...that
makes you think it’s just a plain old story, until he gets to the
end and you’re either weeping or covered with goosebumps).” —New
Orleans Times-Picayune
"Grab[s] you from the first sentence....[and] stays with you long
after you put it down....It is hard to think of a writer who
reminds us more forcefully and wonderfully of what people and
families are all about." -The New York Times Book Review
"Earthy, mischievous, yet gorgeous. . . . [Bragg's] tales . . .
would not be out of place if they were told around a campfire."
-San Francisco Chronicle
"As toothsome as a catfish supper. [Bragg] is every bit the equal
of . . . Harper Lee and Truman Capote." -People
"[Bragg has] a true gift for great storytelling (the kind...that
makes you think it's just a plain old story, until he gets to the
end and you're either weeping or covered with goosebumps)." -New
Orleans Times-Picayune
Bragg, national correspondent for the New York Times and author of the best-selling memoir All Over but the Shoutin', here resumes his family history. In the introduction, he repeats the question readers often asked about his mother where did her heart and backbone come from? Responding to readers' concern that he'd given short shrift to his mother's parents, Ava and Charlie Bundrum, the author set out to re-create the life of a grandfather who died before Bragg was born. This could not have been easy; 42 years after his death, Charlie Bundrum's children could not talk about him without weeping. They knew that no one could replace his unconditional love, appetite for life, and ability to chase away fear with storytelling and laughter. His death shredded their hearts. Bragg writes with compassion and honesty about this man, who earned his living as a roofer, a bootlegger, a carpenter, and a fisherman. No one writes about the South like Bragg. He reminds readers that the fabled agrarians weren't the only Southerners, as he refuses to whitewash the bootleggers, violence, and poverty of the Depression-era rural South. Bragg's empathy and humanity shine throughout. Highly recommended for all libraries. Pam Kingsbury, Alabama Humanities Fnd., Florence Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
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