ISBN: 0375431209

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author ofAll Over But the Shoutin'continues his personal history of the Deep South with an evocation of his mother's childhood in the Appalachian… mais…

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author ofAll Over But the Shoutin'continues his personal history of the Deep South with an evocation of his mother's childhood in the Appalachian foothills during the Great Depression, and the magnificent story of the man who raised her. Rick Bragg brings his astonishing gift for storytelling to the tale of his grandfather, a man who kept his family one step ahead of poverty and starvation during the decade of the Great Depression. Charlie Bundrum was a roofer, a carpenter, a bootlegger, and a fisherman. He could not read, but he asked his wife, Ava, to read him the paper every day so he would not be ignorant. He was a man who took giant steps in rundown boots, a true hero whom history would otherwise have overlooked. A portrait of an ineradicable, memorable figure in a singular time, a moving reflection on home and family and on the author's own connection to a lost stretch of dirt road along the Alabama-Georgia borderAVA'S MAN is Rick Bragg at his stunning best. 20th century,americas,biographical,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history,business,business and investing,history,journalists South, Random House Large Print<

ISBN: 9780375431203

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author ofAll Over But the Shoutin'continues his personal history of the Deep South with an evocation of his mother's childhood in the Appalachian… mais…

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author ofAll Over But the Shoutin'continues his personal history of the Deep South with an evocation of his mother's childhood in the Appalachian foothills during the Great Depression, and the magnificent story of the man who raised her. Rick Bragg brings his astonishing gift for storytelling to the tale of his grandfather, a man who kept his family one step ahead of poverty and starvation during the decade of the Great Depression. Charlie Bundrum was a roofer, a carpenter, a bootlegger, and a fisherman. He could not read, but he asked his wife, Ava, to read him the paper every day so he would not be ignorant. He was a man who took giant steps in rundown boots, a true hero whom history would otherwise have overlooked. A portrait of an ineradicable, memorable figure in a singular time, a moving reflection on home and family and on the author's own connection to a lost stretch of dirt road along the Alabama-Georgia borderAVA'S MAN is Rick Bragg at his stunning best. Ava's Man Bragg, Rick, Random House Large Print Publishing<

ISBN: 9780375431203

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author ofAll Over But the Shoutin'continues his personal history of the Deep South with an evocation of his mother's childhood in the Appalachian… mais…

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author ofAll Over But the Shoutin'continues his personal history of the Deep South with an evocation of his mother's childhood in the Appalachian foothills during the Great Depression, and the magnificent story of the man who raised her. Rick Bragg brings his astonishing gift for storytelling to the tale of his grandfather, a man who kept his family one step ahead of poverty and starvation during the decade of the Great Depression. Charlie Bundrum was a roofer, a carpenter, a bootlegger, and a fisherman. He could not read, but he asked his wife, Ava, to read him the paper every day so he would not be ignorant. He was a man who took giant steps in rundown boots, a true hero whom history would otherwise have overlooked. A portrait of an ineradicable, memorable figure in a singular time, a moving reflection on home and family and on the author's own connection to a lost stretch of dirt road along the Alabama-Georgia borderAVA'S MAN is Rick Bragg at his stunning best. Media >, [PU: Random House]<

2001, ISBN: 9780375431203

Hardcover, Used, very good, A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous ow… mais…

Hardcover, Used, very good, A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less., [PU: Random House Large Print]<

ISBN: 9780375431203

Hardcover book. 400 pages. Published by Random House Large Print Publishing Media > Book, [PU: Random House]