Ebook {Epub PDF} The Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg

The Prince of Frogtown documents a mesmerizing journey back in time to the lush Alabama landscape of Rick’s youth, to Jacksonville’s one-hundred-year-old mill, the town’s blight and salvation; and to a troubled, charismatic hustler coming of age in its shadow, Rick’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 /5(). Here, extensive interviews with friends and relatives of the “Prince of Frogtown” (the neighborhood where Charlie and his brothers lived and battled in the streets) have produced a more dynamic, if not necessarily nobler portrait. In youth, Charlie drag-raced, swept away his best friend’s girl and even stole the keys to the county jail. Rick Bragg is the Pulitzer Prize winning writer of best-selling and critically acclaimed books on the people of the foothills of the Appalachians, All Over but the Shoutin, Ava's Man, and The Prince of Frogtown. Bragg, a native of Calhoun County, Alabama, calls these books the proudest examples of his writing life, what historians and critics have described as heart-breaking anthems of people usual,/5.

The Prince of Frogtown is a memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Rick Bragg. It is the third in a series of three memoirs that cover different aspects of his life, prominently featuring stories about different family members. The Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg. Click here for the lowest price! Hardcover, , X. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for The Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg (, Hardcover) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

Inspired by Rick Bragg's love for his stepson, The Prince of Frogtown also chronicles his own journey into fatherhood, as he learns to avoid the pitfalls of his forebearers. With candor, insight, and tremendous humor, Bragg seamlessly weaves these luminous narrative threads together and delivers an unforgettable rumination about fathers and sons. ISBN: ISBN Release Date: December Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC. Length: Pages. Weight: lbs. Dimensions: " x " x ". Age Range: 13 years and up. Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher. Credit From “The Prince of Frogtown”. Compared with the hardscrabble mountain and mill-town tale of the father, the soft-edged suburban narrative of the stepson and Bragg’s relationship.