Run with the Horsemen
Ferrol Sams
From the author of The Whisper of the River and Epiphany. In this coming-of-age story, Porter Osbourne Jr. is a precocious, sensitive, and rambunctious boy trying to make it through adolescence during the Depression. On a red-clay farm in Georgia, he learns all there is to know about cotton-chopping, hog-killing, watermelon-thumping, and mule-handling. School provides a quick course in practical joking, schoolboy crushes, athletic glory, and clandestine sex. But it is Porter's family-- his genteel, patient mother, his swarm of cousins, his snuff-dipping grandmother, and, most of all, his beloved though flawed father--who teaches Porter the painful truths about growing up strong enough to run with the horsemen. "The writing is elegant, reflective, and amused. Mr. Sams is a storyteller sure of his audience . . . gifted with perfect timing."--The New York Times Book Review "Remarkable both for its humor and its sustained and detailed picture of a mischievous Southern farmboy's life during the Great Depression."--The Washington PostBinding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Ferrol SamsPublisher: Penguin BooksPublished: 07/03/1984ISBN: 9780140072747Pages: 432Weight: 0.66lbsSize: 7.76h x 5.10w x 0.81d
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Book Title
Run with the Horsemen
ISBN
9780140072747
From the author of The Whisper of the River and Epiphany. In this coming-of-age story, Porter Osbourne Jr. is a precocious, sensitive, and rambunctious boy trying to make it through adolescence during the Depression. On a red-clay farm in Georgia, he learns all there is to know about cotton-chopping, hog-killing, watermelon-thumping, and mule-handling. School provides a quick course in practical joking, schoolboy crushes, athletic glory, and clandestine sex. But it is Porter's family-- his genteel, patient mother, his swarm of cousins, his snuff-dipping grandmother, and, most of all, his beloved though flawed father--who teaches Porter the painful truths about growing up strong enough to run with the horsemen. "The writing is elegant, reflective, and amused. Mr. Sams is a storyteller sure of his audience . . . gifted with perfect timing."--The New York Times Book Review "Remarkable both for its humor and its sustained and detailed picture of a mischievous Southern farmboy's life during the Great Depression."--The Washington Post
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Ferrol Sams
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 07/03/1984
ISBN: 9780140072747
Pages: 432
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 7.76h x 5.10w x 0.81d
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Ferrol Sams
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 07/03/1984
ISBN: 9780140072747
Pages: 432
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 7.76h x 5.10w x 0.81d
From the author of The Whisper of the River and Epiphany. In this coming-of-age story, Porter Osbourne Jr. is a precocious, sensitive, and rambunctious boy trying to make it through adolescence during the Depression. On a red-clay farm in Georgia, he learns all there is to know about cotton-chopping, hog-killing, watermelon-thumping, and mule-handling. School provides a quick course in practical joking, schoolboy crushes, athletic glory, and clandestine sex. But it is Porter's family-- his genteel, patient mother, his swarm of cousins, his snuff-dipping grandmother, and, most of all, his beloved though flawed father--who teaches Porter the painful truths about growing up strong enough to run with the horsemen. "The writing is elegant, reflective, and amused. Mr. Sams is a storyteller sure of his audience . . . gifted with perfect timing."--The New York Times Book Review "Remarkable both for its humor and its sustained and detailed picture of a mischievous Southern farmboy's life during the Great Depression."--The Washington Post
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Ferrol Sams
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 07/03/1984
ISBN: 9780140072747
Pages: 432
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 7.76h x 5.10w x 0.81d
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Ferrol Sams
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 07/03/1984
ISBN: 9780140072747
Pages: 432
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 7.76h x 5.10w x 0.81d