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The Most of Lewis Grizzard/Five Title Complete in One Volume (Hardcover)

~ Lewis Grizzard (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 979 pages
  • Publisher: Galahad Books; 1st edition (September 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0883658852
  • ISBN-13: 978-0883658857
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 2.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #639,990 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars a trove of Southern-style laughter, December 24, 2005
By Chris Edwards (East Texas) - See all my reviews
Lewis Grizzard's humor has an across-the-board appeal. His style was just fabulous, and this volume, which collects his first five books is a must have for anyone looking to find some humorous writing. I daresay that Grizzard's writing is on-par with, or just as essential to the Southern literary canon as Faulkner, O'Connor, et.al. The only gripe about this collection is the poor editing job. It is chock full of spelling errors, which, I don't know whether or not were extant in the original versions of these texts, but they're only distracting sometimes.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST Have For All Grizzard Fans, February 26, 2005
By Maestroh "A.A., A.A.S.,B.M.E.,Th.M." (Dallas Theological Cemetery) - See all my reviews
This collection is the entirety of five of Grizzard's first seven written books. The books contained within are:

Kathy Sue Loudermilk, I Love You
Won't You Come Home, Billy Bob Bailey?
Don't Sit Under The Grits Tree With Anybody Else But Me
Elvis Is Dead And I Don't Feel So Good Myself
Shoot Low, Boys, They're Riding Shetland Ponies

This large volume helps you see Grizzard's early works where he is developing his writing style. His first tome is somewhat dry, but the laughs pick up in the second one. By "Grits," Lewis is hitting on all cylinders and he peaks in this particular volume in the "Elvis" book. The "Shetland" book drops off a bit, but the tome is still worth what you pay for it.

The one criticism I have of this work is nobody's fault - it is a DATED work. The articles that are reproduced were all written between 1979 and 1985 and many of them deal with what were current events then that many people on Amazon were not even alive to experience. Also, some of it is based in Georgia including the local political scene that most readers could care less about unless they're reseaching a political science paper about Atlanta politics.

Grizzard deals with the end of the Carter years including his own feelings of reluctantly becoming a Reaganite (the evolution took awhile, but Grizzard when from liberal to conservative over a ten year period). One of the most hilarious articles is a letter Grizzard publicly wrote to Reagan after John Hinckley shot the President. Grizzard caps this one off with, "And you're a year older than Arizona."

This is also good if you're doing a research project on Grizzard himself because you see the change in style.

I heartily endorse this book.


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