The Prince of Frogtown

The Prince of Frogtown

In this final volume of the beloved American saga that began with All Over but the Shoutinâ€™ and continued with Avaâ€™s Man, Rick Bragg closes his circle of family stories with an unforgettable tale about fathers and sons inspired by his own relationship with his ten-year-old stepson.

He learns, right from the start, that a man who chases a woman with a child is like a dog who chases a car and wins. He discovers that he is unsuited to fatherhood, unsuited to fathering this boy in particular, a boy who does not know how to throw a punch and doesnâ€™t need to; a boy accustomed to love and affection rather than violence and neglect; in short, a boy wholly unlike the child Rick once was, and who longs for a relationship with Rick that Rick hasnâ€™t the first inkling of how to embark on. With the weight of this new boy tugging at his clothes, Rick sets out to understand his father, his son, and himself.

The Prince of Frogtown documents a mesmerizing journey back in time to the lush Alabama landscape of Rickâ€™s youth, to Jacksonvilleâ€™s one-hundred-year-old mill, the townâ€™s blight and salvation; and to a troubled, charismatic hustler coming of age in its shadow, Rickâ€™s father, a man bound to bring harm even to those he truly loves. And the book documents the unexpected corollary to it, the marvelous journey of Rickâ€™s later life: a journey into fatherhood, and toward a child for whom he comes to feel a devotion that staggers him. With candor, insight, tremendous humor, and the remarkable gift for descriptive storytelling on which he made his name, Rick Bragg delivers a brilliant and moving rumination on the lives of boys and men, a poignant reflection on what it means to be a father and a son.
Country USA
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 140004040X_Good
ReleaseDate 2008-05-06
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9781400040407

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	140004040X_Good
ReleaseDate	2008-05-06
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9781400040407

The Prince of Frogtown

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