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Run with the Horsemen

By Ferrol Sams

Run with the Horsemen Essays & Short Stories

Run with the Horsemen

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From the author of The Whisper of the River and Epiphany. In this coming-of-age story, Porter Osbourne Jr. is a precocious, sensitive, and rambunctious boy trying to make it through adolescence during the Depression. On a red-clay farm in Georgia, he learns all there is to know about cotton-chopping, hog-killing, watermelon-thumping, and mule-handling. School provides a quick course in practical joking, schoolboy crushes, athletic glory, and clandestine sex. But it is Porter's family-- his genteel, patient mother, his swarm of cousins, his snuff-dipping grandmother, and, most of all, his beloved though flawed father--who teaches Porter the painful truths about growing up strong enough to run with the horsemen. "The writing is elegant, reflective, and amused. Mr. Sams is a storyteller sure of his audience . . . gifted with perfect timing."--The New York Times Book Review "Remarkable both for its humor and its sustained and detailed picture of a mischievous Southern farmboy's life during the Great Depression."--The Washington Post
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
432
Release Date:
1984-07-26
Publication Date:
1984-07-03
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0140072748
ISBN13:
9780140072747
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
299 g
Height:
130 cm
Width:
197 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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