Rick Bragg
Author
Lexile measure
1160L
Language
English
Description
When Rick Bragg, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, thought about writing an appreciation of his mother and a memoir of his life, he hesitated. How would mama feel about seeing her life in print? When he asked her, she told him, "Write it," especially since she had remained quiet about her life for 50 years. All Over but the Shoutin' tells the story of a woman who endures years of hardship and deprivation to raise her three sons. It is not a simple...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A memoir and elegy to the author's deceased dog, The Speckled Beauty"--
"Speck is not a good boy. He is a terrible boy, a defiant self-destructive, often malodorous boy, a grave robber and a screen-door muncher who spends his days playing chicken with the FedEx man, picking up livestock, and rolling in donkey manure, and his nights howling at the moon. He has been that way since the moment he appeared on the ridgeline behind Rick Bragg's house....
Author
Publisher
Oxmoor House
Pub. Date
[2015].
Physical Desc
254 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"For the first time, prize-winning author Rick Bragg's funny, evocative, spot-on portraits of Southern life are combined into one volume. ... With his insightful and deadpan sense of humor, Bragg travels through the South's varied geographies, including his native Alabama, Cajun country, and the Gulf Coast--though sometimes he is content just to sit on a good porch. Deeply felt and beautifully expressed, this engaging book is a love letter to the...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents a food memoir, cookbook, and tribute to the author's mother, sharing classic family recipes--many of them pre-dating the Civil War--and preparation secrets for such traditional fare as short ribs, biscuits, and perfect mashed potatoes.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A collection of wide-ranging and endearingly personal columns by the celebrated author, newspaper columnist, and Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Bragg, culled from his best-loved pieces in Southern Living and Garden & Gun. From his love of Tupperware ("My Affair with Tupperware") to the decline of country music, from the legacy of Harper Lee to the metamorphosis of the pickup truck, the best way to kill fire ants, the unbridled excess of Fat Tuesday,...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 498 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A monumental figure on the American landscape, Jerry Lee Lewis spent his childhood raising hell in Ferriday, Louisiana, and Natchez, Mississippi; galvanized the world with hit records like "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire," that gave rock and roll its devil's edge; caused riots and boycotts with his incendiary performances; nearly scuttled his career by marrying his thirteen-year-old second cousin--his third wife of seven;...
8) Ava's man
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
1150L
Physical Desc
viii, 259 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Pulitzer prize-winner author of All Over but the Shoutin', Rick Bragg builds a monument to his grandfather Charlie Bundrum. Known for being a passionate family man with a special talent for living and surviving, Bundrum was a master roofer, carpenter, whiskey-maker, fisherman, banjo player, and buck dancer. Unable to read, he asked his wife Ava to read him the newspaper every night so he would not be ignorant. Set in the Great Depression, Bundrum's...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Vintage Books edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 536 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Part cookbook, part memoir, The Best Cook in the World is Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Bragg's loving tribute to the South, his family, and, especially, his extraordinary mother. Here are irresistible stories and recipes from across generations. They come, skillet by skillet, from Bragg's ancestors, from feasts and near famine, from funerals and celebrations, and from a thousand tales of family lore as rich and sumptuous as the dishes they inspired."...