Run with the Horsemen (Penguin Contemporary American Fiction Series)

Author: Sams, Ferrol

Brand: Penguin Books

Color: Multicolor

Edition: Reprint

Binding: paperback

Format: Deckle Edge

Number Of Pages: 432

Release Date: 03-07-1984

Part Number: 0140072748_used

Details: Product Description
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
About the Author
Ferrol Sams is a physician, humorist, storyteller, and the bestselling author of eight novels rooted in the oral tradition of southern humor and folklore. He lives in Fayetteville, Georgia.

EAN: 9780140072747

Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.3 inches

Languages: English