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My Little Town

A Pilgrim's Portrait of a Uniquely Southern Place

Format: Hardback
£20.95

My Little Town turns the Yankee-comes-to-Dixie literary genre outside in, examining Marion, Alabama, through the eyes of someone who should never have been living there and yet found himself there for more than a decade. With a keen appreciation of its peculiarly Southern tableau, the book lovingly scrutinizes an Alabama village short chapter by short chapter, accompanied by photographer Jerry Siegel's captivating work from the Black Belt. Funeral visitations, poisoned soup luncheons, Pilgrimage hosting, supper clubs, family feuds, Obama Day parades, politics, Jews, and chicken salad recipes are all treated with a voice of singular precision and affection. Simultaneously author David Tipmore couples this fresh view of Southern small-town life with his own narrative of a worldly urban nomad who hopes to find a home in one of the most isolated areas of the United States, peculiarly defined by its racial history and regional mores. By conflating the two stories, My Little Town challenges the reader as much as the author, raising serious questions about our ability as Americans to transcend our regional identities and cultural complexities.

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Authors:
Tipmore, D. B.
Country of Publication:
United States
Format:
Hardback
ISBN:
9781588384331
Illustrations Note:
15 color photos
Number of Pages:
160
Publication Date:
16/02/2021
Publisher:
University of Georgia Press
Year Published:
2021
Place of Publication:
Montgomery
Language:
English
Imprint:
NewSouth Books
SKU:
9781588384331

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