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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 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’, hell-raisin’" family, Jones grew up in the depressed railroad docks outsi
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Hardcover, 304 pages
Published
June 3rd 2008
by Harmony
(first published 2008)
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Sep 21, 2008
Shane Birley
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it was amazing
Recommends it for:
everyone who grew up with The Dukes of Hazzard.
Recommended to Shane by:
Vancouver Public Library
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library-books
I finished this book the other day and I found it to be one of the best biographies I have read in a while.
I don't want to spoil this book because it is filled with a lot 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 time. ...more
I don't want to spoil this book because it is filled with a lot 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 time. ...more
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.
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I needed a celebrity autobiography for a book challenge I was doing so why not read about Cooter from the Dukes of Hazzard. He led an interesting life. I enjoyed seeing how he moved from poverty to actor to politician and how he embraces who and what he was. He doesn't make excuses for things he did and seems to be honest about his life. I enjoyed this book immensely.
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I was on vacation with a friend in Nashville. We went to one of those big touristy gift shops so she could buy souvenirs for her family and friends. I found this book and being a book lover and a collector of signed books, I could not resist. I believe I bought this in 2009. Finally getting to it.
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Leaned a lot about Ben Jones. It’s an eye opener to the world of a southern boy who went on to be famous
Leaned a lot about Ben Jones. It’s an eye opener to the world of a southern boy who went on to be famous
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 Nintendo and Pla ...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 Nintendo and Pla ...more
I really enjoyed this book. It was interesting to read about the early life of Ben Jones, AKA "Crazy Cooter" on THE DUKES OF HAZZARD, and how he went from hardscrabble to Hollywood to Congress. I grew up on the Dukes and this inside look into the real life of someone I used to watch on television as a kid really resonated with me. It doesn't hurt that Jones has a natural flair for storytelling and an easy way with words. His writing style made even the most difficult parts of the book readable ~
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This is the autobiography of Ben Jones, Cooter from The Dukes of Hazard. I found it interesting, charming, and delightful. It's a quick read of his life in WWII Portsmith, VA through his days of protesting for civil rights in the 60's to his acting and his time in politics and after. He did a lot. I liked reading of history through his eyes especially the civil rights movement and his time in the House of Representatives. He's done and seen a lot. It was also fun as he recalled his days on The D
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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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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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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.
it's SO a southern childs' life and the way it was in the 60s.
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Great story about a boy from Portsmouth VA and the lessons he learned.
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