A boy's account of growing up in the South during the depression era. Both a rare first novel and a new American classic, Sams novel has been compared to Tom Sawyer and To Kill a Mockingbird.
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A boy's account of growing up in the South during the depression era. Both a rare first novel and a new American classic, Sams novel has been compared to Tom Sawyer and To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket 7th printing. (Georgia, young men, Bildungsromans) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.
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Very Good in Good jacket. {6' x 9 & 1/2'} In dustjacket with clipped front flap. Red cloth covered spine. Gold stamped lettering along spine side. Moderate soiling front panel of board. Reddish orange paper covered boards with gold stamped design. Light staining to front jacket panel. Tight binding. [422 pages]
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Very Good + in Very Good jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author at flyleaf. Quarter red cloth over red paper-covered boards with gilt particulars to spine and gilt-stamped decoration to front board. Pages are clean and unmarked. Text block has scuffing to corner at lower edge; small dampstain to top edge. Boards are clean and bright with bumping to tail of spine. Binding is tight, boards slightly bowed outward. Dust jacket is bright with light wear to extremities; sunning to spine.
Dr. Ferrol Sams has written a partially autobiographic story about a young boy growing up in the rural south with such humor, honesty, and feeling! The three books in this series continue the story as the boy enters college with an interest in becoming a physicain, and then enters the world at war. Be ready to chortle with laughter at Porter Osborne's deviltry and intelligent insights! This is a great book!
Paisley
Aug 5, 2010
Great! Signed! $$$!
Under appreciated author! I am pleased as punch to have this book in my collection.
Boog
Jul 5, 2007
A country boy in college
This is a truly wonderful book about a country boy from middle Georgia shortly after the depression when money was still very scarce. He was very young, small of stature, but very well endowed with intellect. The book follows his escapades thru his years in undergraduate school at a very straight-laced Baptist college in middle Georgia. The pranks his fertile mind conjured up were almost unbelievable. The book is somewhat more than fiction. One of my best friends followed him at this University and was taught by some of the same professors. The main character in the book left a reputation at the school which is still talked about. The author, Ferroll Sams, is in my view the 20th century Mark Twain. You will spend as much time laughing as you spend reading this great book
peglet
May 24, 2007
ugh!
Interesting or humorous events are interspersed within a dreadfully slow and meandering story. The "good parts" are few and far between. Highly recommended for those with insomnia or other sleep disorders.