Prince of Frogtown

Name: Prince of Frogtown
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ISBN: 9781400040407

ISBN-10: 140004040X

ISBN-13: 9781400040407

Edition: 2008

Authors: Rick Bragg

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In this final volume of the beloved American saga that began withAll Over but the Shoutin7;and continued withAva7;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 doesn7;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…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/6/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.63" wide x 9.49" long x 1.11" tall
Weight: 1.298

Rick Bragg was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 1996. A national correspondent for the "New York Times", he lives in Miami, Florida.

Prologue: The Stream	p. 3
The Boy	p. 14
In a Cloud of Smoke	p. 20
The Boy	p. 35
The Village	p. 39
The Boy	p. 57
Bob	p. 61
The Boy	p. 72
Fearless	p. 76
The Boy	p. 89
The Bootlegger's Rhythm	p. 92
The Boy	p. 103
Flying Jenny	p. 106
The Boy	p. 117
My Fair Orvalene	p. 120
The Boy	p. 123
The Hanging	p. 128
The Boy	p. 135
Settin' the World on Fire	p. 137
The Boy	p. 150
What You're Supposed to Do	p. 154
The Boy	p. 158
At Least a Hundred Dollars Then	p. 161
The Boy	p. 173
Ross	p. 175
The Boy	p. 195
Dallas	p. 197
The Boy	p. 205
Ride	p. 208
The Boy	p. 222
One Friend	p. 226
The Boy	p. 233
Amen	p. 236
The Boy	p. 238
The Circle	p. 242
The Boy	p. 250
Acknowledgments	p. 253
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