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Firebrand commentator Hal Crowther's essays commemorate "freedom-fighters and hell-raisers" whose lives changed the social landscape of the South.
List of contents
FREEDOM FIGHTERS AND HELL RAISERS
by Hal Crowther
Table of Contents
- Foreword by Silas House
- Introduction
- Molly Ivins, The Red Rose of Texas
- John Hope Franklin, A Long View, Unsweetened
- Father Thomas Berry, Deep Greens and Blues
- Lance Corporal Brian Anderson, A Farewell to Arms
- James Dickey, The Last Wolverine
- Sister Evelyn Mattern, Confession, Dedicated to a Fighting Nun
- James Still, A Man of the World
- Marshall Frady, Son of a Preacher Man
- Kirk Varnedoe, A Prophet from Savannah
- Jesse Winchester, The Tennessee Kid
- Anne Braden, An Embarrassing Woman
- Tommy Thompson,The Last Song of Father Banjo
- Eubie Blake, A Century of Ragtime
- Judy Bonds, This Land is Your Land
- Frank M. Johnson, The Last Southern Hero
- Jesse Helms, The Last of His Kind?
- Will Campbell, God¿s Will
- George Wallace, Requiem for a Bantamweight
- Doc Watson, But Now I See
About the author
Hal Crowther is an award-winning critic and essayist, a journalist whose work has appeared in Time, Newsweek, Granta, and Narrative magazines, among many others, and in the Oxford American, where his column “Dealer’s Choice” was a finalist for a National Magazine Award. His columns and reviews have been published in the New York Times, Washington Post, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Spectator, and many independent weeklies and journals. A recipient of the Baltimore Sun’s Mencken Award for Writing, he is the author of four essay collections and An Infuriating American: The Incendiary Arts of H.L. Mencken. For his third collection of essays, Gather at the River, he was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle prize for criticism. He lives in Hillsborough, NC, with his wife, novelist Lee Smith.
Summary
Firebrand commentator Hal Crowther’s essays commemorate “freedom-fighters and hell-raisers” whose lives changed the social landscape of the South.
Foreword
• Print advertising in outlets where Crowther’s work has appeared (indy weeklies, The Oxford American, Creative Loafing)
• Regional tour in Southeast.
• Launch event in Chapel Hill, NC
• Appearances at regional book festivals
• SIBA and regional bookseller catalog ads.
• Galleys available.
• Social media and other online promotion
• Website: halcrowther.com
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“Hal Crowther hunts with live ammunition.” -- Bill Moyers
“It is a rare man who possesses both a passionate conscience and a brilliant wit. Crowther’s conscience compels him to distinguish right from wrong, to honor the right, and to decry the wrong.”
Annie Dillard, forward to Unarmed but Dangerous
