HARD COVER EDITION: Humorous short episodes of growing up on a small cotton farm in the 1930s, '40s, and 50s. Start'n school, smoking Bull Durham, the Sears and Roebuck catalog, The Great Truck Wreck of 1946, the outhouse, bathing in a #3 washtub, run-away horse, Big Creek baptism,corncob wars, the school bus, lying Sam Morris, birds & bees & the farm, an inquiring mind in the Bible Belt, barefoot clodhopper, Tarzan seeks Jane, geezer socks, Burma-Shave, bike wreck(Am I Alive?),going to a shivaree, country marriage counseling, Bear of a Nightmare, cornflakes & bananas & LSU - and the list goes on about humor from the farm. Going to LSU on a basketball scholarship and eventually becoming a research chemist. Examples of humor & perseverance. Recommended for those individuals who need a chuckle every page or so.
Details
- Publication Date
- Jan 26, 2007
- Language
- English
- Category
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Troy E. Rushing
Specifications
- Pages
- 328
- Binding Type
- Hardcover Case Wrap
- Interior Color
- Black & White
- Dimensions
- US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)