This is a lively compendium of over 800 quotes by dozens of the South's best-known writers, historians, politicians, athletes, and public figures in every field. This treasury, both down-home and worldly-wise, covers the diversity of the history, attitudes, and ethos of the region, highlighting its unique characters, its regional pride, its lasting shame, and its continuity in an ever-changing world.
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Full of fun surpises,
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What a fun book, full of surprises. I have never seen a book of Southern quotes and, had I, I would have expected it to be full of hackneyed, predictible quotes about the traditional South. But this is all over the map, all in all a lot of fun
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From Lyrical to Libelous--Diverging Views of the South,
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"My sister says Southerners are like other people, only more so."--Blanche McCrary Boyd"Southerners speak music."--Mark Twain "For all its size and wealth and all the 'progress' it babbles of, [the South] is almost as sterile, artistically, intellectually, culturally, as the Sahara Desert."--H.L. Mencken Quotations by and about Southerners. Some are good, some bad, and some ugly. Some are even accurate. I wouldn't have bought this book myself, but having received it as a gift, I enjoyed it.
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