All Over but the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg - ISBN: 9780679774020
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Dirt-poor boy makes good, honoring a mother’s unwavering love.

All Over but the Shoutin'

A Memoir

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    1 September 1998

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Summary

NATIONAL BESTSELLER . From the Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author, “a grand memoir…. Bragg tells about the South with such power and bone-naked love … he will make you cry” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution).

This haunting, harrowing, gloriously moving recollection of a life on the American margin is the story of Rick Bragg, who grew up dirt-poor in northeastern Alabama, seemingly destined for either the cotton mills or the penitentiary, and instead became a Pulitzer Prize-winni…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780679774020
ISBN-10:0679774025
Author:Rick Bragg
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Vintage Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:1 September 1998
Weight:278g
Dimensions:203mm x 131mm x 20mm
Audience Age:14-18
What They're Saying

Critics Review

A New York Times Notable Book

“A grand memoir…. Bragg tells about the South with such power and bone-naked love…he will make you cry.” —Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Part memoir, part confession, [this book] has everything to do with the South and nothing at all…. Like all good writing, it transcends the particulars of time and place.” —Raleigh News & Observer

“A record of a life that has been harrowing, cruel and yet triumphant, written so beautifully he makes the book a marvel.” —Los Angeles Times

“A deeply affecting book…. Bragg captures the rhythms of small-town life with grace and pathos.” —Chicago Tribune

About The Author

Rick Bragg

Rick Bragg is a national correspondent for the New York Times. He is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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