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Life as I Have Known It Has Been Finger Lickin' Good
Colonel Sanders - sixth-grade dropout, farmhand (at age 12), army mule-tender, locomotive fireman, railroad section hand, aspiring lawyer, insurance salesman, ferryboat entrepreneur, Chamber of Commerce secretary, tire salesman, amateur obstetrician, unsuccessful political candidate, gas station operator, motel operator, restauranteur.
Then, at the age of 65, a new Intersta...more
Then, at the age of 65, a new Intersta...more
Hardcover, 144 pages
Published
January 28th 1974
by Creation House
(first published 1974)
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when my sister said this read as if written by Mark Twain, I think she meant Foghorn Leghorn.
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I will never look at Kentucky Fried Chicken again without thinking, "Huh, who knew that a self-described Amateur Obstetrician would write a memoir with such an unfortunate title?"
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Ok, so I will admit that I was hoping there would be the secret herbs and spices blend hidden somewhere in this book. Or even some kind of recipe. But alas, there wasn't. But it was still interesting and considering Mr. Sanders himself wrote it at 83 years of age and having only a 6th grade education, it was a pretty good book.
Sanders describes his entire life from when he was a boy and left home at the age of twelve, all the way up through the time that he is writing the book. He seems to drift...more
Sanders describes his entire life from when he was a boy and left home at the age of twelve, all the way up through the time that he is writing the book. He seems to drift...more
This book is bananas. Hard to even describe. Written in Appalachian, Colonel Sanders recalls his his rise from railroad guy to chicken magnate in one ludicrous scene after another. There are too many to pick from -- falling asleep at the wheel and crashing repeatedly, getting into fistfights over really strange stuff, him owning a pet crow named Jim Crow that they used to amuse hotel guests with by having him run behind them and pluck pennies that they'd tucked in their shoes until he got to the...more
This book was like the sort of person where you're talking on the phone, and they're talking and talking, and you put down the phone for a minute and go check your email and get a snack and pick up the phone again and they're still talking.
(However, "Dadgummit!" is kind of an awesome opening sentence. Have to give him that.)
(However, "Dadgummit!" is kind of an awesome opening sentence. Have to give him that.)
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It felt like Mark Twain ghostwrote this one. The stories were all over the place; it's snippets of the Colonel's life, with very little about KFC itself. That said, it's an interesting tale of a resourceful guy going through the Depression and an innovative businessman. Bonus points for an awesome cover.
This is a short autobiography that is worth the time to read it. It's written is the Colonels voice, which makes you feel like he is talking to you. Very interesting.
Apr 25, 2012
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I found this for $3 at a used book store and it sounded too interesting to pass up.
I think that reading the book jacket gets you the gist as Col. Sanders is all over the place when he writes. Be prepared, it's in his grammar/voice (dadgummit!), so you've been fairwarned. He's held more jobs than teenagers do in one summer, which is part of the reason this was hard to follow. And no, he doesn't give away his secret recipe for the chicken.
America's foremost fried chicken icon tells his story. An important work for aspring fastfood barons, southern linguists, or anyone who enjoys a well-told yarn.
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Eat it, Kenny Rogers -- your Roasters have nothin' on this guy.
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