false 2862094 2 <i>Redneck Boy in the Promised Land</i> is Ben Jones&#8217;s hilarious, uplifting life story of escaping the rail yards and finding success in the unlikeliest places. As a child, Jones called a dingy railroad shack with no electricity or indoor plumbing home. An unabashed Southern redneck from a "likker drinkin&#8217;, hell-raisin&#8217;" family, Jones grew up in the depressed railroad docks outside of Portsmouth, Virginia, and spent most of his days dreaming about where the tracks out of town could take him. That he would go on to become a beloved television icon on The Dukes of Hazzard and a firebrand two-term Congressman is a story that no one could have ever seen coming . . . least of all ol&#8217; "Cooter" himself.<br><br>Written with naked honesty and wry humor, Redneck Boy in the Promised Land is one good ol&#8217; boy&#8217;s remarkable tale of falling flat on his face, picking himself up, and finding his way to the American dream-while fighting for civil rights, the plight of the working class, "real" Southern culture, and the rights of rednecks everywhere. 2888234 3 6 2008 Redneck Boy in the Promised Land: The Confessions of "Crazy Cooter" total:10|5:3|4:1|3:2|2:4| 10 33 19 7 2 0 false false Thu Mar 19 05:53:45 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 13 06:22:56 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 19 05:53:45 -0700 2009
I wasn't sure I'd like the book or that it would even interest me, but I gave it a try, and ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 04:04:26 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 05:33:04 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 14:28:23 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 19:24:31 -0700 2008 1
I don't want to spoil this book because it is filled with a ot of great information about his life, his career, and the times we are all in.

The best line from the book ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 08:44:43 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 06:41:51 -0700 2008 Especially since I had front row seats to a lot of what went down in the book. (e.g., I spent a lot of time in dive bars growing up). But I thought my dad was really honest, and I found his writing to be funny, revealing, and brave....more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 14:14:53 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 14:21:19 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 13:07:49 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 08:19:59 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Oct 21 17:13:07 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 17:14:02 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Apr 25 05:24:01 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 13:48:55 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Nov 25 13:28:29 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 11:53:14 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Oct 05 08:46:56 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 08:46:56 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Sep 09 17:59:29 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 17:59:29 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Jul 17 19:30:17 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 19:30:17 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Jun 20 08:17:53 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 08:17:53 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Jun 12 14:48:27 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 14:48:27 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Jun 05 07:33:48 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 07:33:48 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed May 28 17:54:21 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 17:54:21 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri May 23 22:10:04 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 12:44:12 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu May 15 14:05:57 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 14:06:07 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed May 14 06:41:50 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 06:41:50 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2862094