With a Southern Accent (Library Alabama Classics) [Paperback]

Viola Goode Liddell (Author)

Book Description

Series: Library Alabama Classics | Publication Date: October 30, 1982

Two generations of Alabamians will welcome the reappearance of this classic: those who loved it when it was published to national acclaim in 1948 and who have missed it during the many years it has been out of print, and those who have enjoyed Viola Goode Liddell’s follow-up success, A Place of Springs, and eagerly seek more from her pen.

            A Book-of-the-Month Club selection when first published, With a Southern Accent belongs on the shelves of all those who have wearied of the labels and want to meet the people of yesterday’s South.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“A genuine picture of Southern life, drawn with affection and a sense of truth.” -- Birmingham News

“Entertainingly written, lively and frank; Mrs. Liddell gives us the South’s pride and courage, its friendliness, loyalty and devotion to principle, which is the South at its best. She gives something too of the South’s stubbornness and extreme individualism, of its violence and impulsiveness.” – New York Times

“A complete and detailed picture of a way of life essentially American and at the same time very Deep Southern, With a Southern Accent has undeniable historical and social importance and interest.” – Saturday Review

About the Author

Viola Goode Liddell was born in Wilcox County, Alabama, in 1901, and died there in 1998. She wrote short stories for a number of periodicals, including the Georgia Review and the Saturday Evening Post, and is the author of Grass Widow.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: University Alabama Press; 1st paperbound ed edition (October 30, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0817301305
• ISBN-13: 978-0817301309
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,546,469 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Written with heart, March 19, 2009

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This review is from: With a Southern Accent (Library Alabama Classics) (Paperback)

I recently heard about this book which was published in 1948. Being from Alabama, this book took me back home again although it was several eras before mine. The book was written with a lot of heart, humor, honor and humanity. The feelings the author had for her parents, particularly for her father were very poignant. It was very funny in places and I had to keep interrupting my husband to share segments with him. The book ended much too soon but I will read it again and again.