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This memoir is a very nice read. With a Southern flavor and a sense of humor, Bragg spins an interesting yarn of his life.
Another memoir by a journalist who grew up poor in rural Alabama and went on to work for "The New York Times" and to win the Pulitzer Prize.
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This guy can write. No wonder he won a Pulitzer for his reporting. I felt like this book was more a written apology to his mother as opposed to an actual memoir, and sometimes I tired of his "I'm just dumb Southern country boy and proud of it" routine, but that's OK. It's a good read.
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I don't know, something about North Alabama boys breaks my heart worse than anybody else. But this was beautiful in all its sadness and joy.
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