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My South: A People, a Place, a World All Its Own
My South A People a Place a World All Its Own
Author: Robert St. John
What started as a simple advertising campaign for the Turner South network has expanded into a phenomenon. The beautiful language brings the South to life in the experiences, memories and emotions of her people. My south is home It's the tall pines under which I played in my youth It's the soft red clay that was a key ingre...  more » It was those hot summers When my cousins and I would gather in the shade sucking on icees we had made with red cherry Kool-Aid and a Styrofoam cup My South has big families where everyone remembers everyone else's birthday. In my South, we put peanuts in bottles of cola and hot sauce on almost everything. My South was cane-pole fishing and creek swimming. In my South, grandmothers pass around pictures of grandbabies and argue about the best azalea fertilizer. In my South, people still say "please" and "thank you," "yes, ma'am" and "no, sir." My South is the best kept secret in the country.Includes DVD.
ISBN-13: 9781401602178
ISBN-10: 1401602177
Publication Date: 7/25/2005
Pages: 128
Edition: Har/DVD
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Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Book Type: Hardcover
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"In my South, Secrets are heirlooms and politeness is a way of life."

This is very interesting collection of poems aimed at capturing a sense of "The South" as a culture and a way of living. The book includes a DVD of many of the poems being read before various groups. It's an interesting, coffee table-sort of book.


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