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June 3rd 2008
by Harmony
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Hardcover, 304 pages
isbn
0307395278
(isbn13: 9780307395276)
description
Redneck Boy in the Promised Land is Ben Jones’s hilarious, uplifting life story of escaping the rail yards and finding success in the unlikeliest plac...more
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Read in March, 2009
If you were like me as a child, you watched the Dukes of Hazard religiously, so you know that Ben Jones played Cooter, Hazard's go-to guy for car repairs and loyal friend of those crazy Duke boys.
I wasn't sure I'd like the book or that it would even interest me, but I gave it a try, and I am so glad I did. Jones has a tongue-in-cheek way of describing things that is both amusing and truthful. He grew up in a time where kids had to use their imaginations for entertainment because Nint...more
I wasn't sure I'd like the book or that it would even interest me, but I gave it a try, and I am so glad I did. Jones has a tongue-in-cheek way of describing things that is both amusing and truthful. He grew up in a time where kids had to use their imaginations for entertainment because Nint...more
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Read in February, 2009
Couldn't get into it. Ben Jones has quite a story I'm sure, but after 50 pp of trying, it couldn't sustain my interest. The title may put some people off (it is not Jeff Foxworthy-esque in any sense, but closer to Andy Griffith Show!).
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Read in October, 2008
recommended to Shane by:
Vancouver Public Libraryrecommends it for: everyone who grew up with The Dukes of Hazzard.
I finished this book the other day and I found it to be one of the best biographies I have had in a while.
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 (paraphrased): "...the entire Endowment for the Arts cost one half of one wing of one B2 Bomber."
Thanks, Ben for sharing your life story. I expect another volume in a few years...more
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 (paraphrased): "...the entire Endowment for the Arts cost one half of one wing of one B2 Bomber."
Thanks, Ben for sharing your life story. I expect another volume in a few years...more
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Read in June, 2008
It is a pretty weird experience to read your father's memoir.
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. Yep, we Joneses might be crazy but we ain't dumb.
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. Yep, we Joneses might be crazy but we ain't dumb.
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Read in July, 2008
Ben Jones grew up in a railroad track home without electricity, earns fame and fortune as "Cooter" in the TV series "The Dukes of Hazard" and becomes a US Senator. Unfortunately, how he did all that just wasn't very interesting.
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Read in June, 2008
Interesting to a point -- sometimes got the feeling that this is a part of his 12-step program and that he had to atone to some of the people named in the book.
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Great story about a boy from Portsmouth VA and the lessons he learned.
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