Description: South to a Very Old Place by Albert Murray The highly acclaimed novelist and biographer Albert Murray tells his classic memoir of growing up in Alabama during the 1920s and 1930s in South to a Very Old Place . Intermingling remembrances of youth with engaging conversation, African-American folklore, and astute cultural criticism, it is at once an intimate personal journey and an incisive social history, informed by "the poets language, the novelists sensibility, the essayists clarity, the jazzmans imagination, the gospel singers depth of feeling" ( The New Yorker ). "His perceptions are firmly based in the blues idiom, and it is black music no less than literary criticism and historical analysis that gives his work its authenticity, its emotional vigor and its tenacious hold on the intellect. . . . It] destroys some fashionable sociopolitical interpretations of growing up black."--Toni Morrison, The New York Times Book Review FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Albert Murray was born in Nokomis, Alabama, in 1916. He grew up in Mobile and was educated at Tuskegee Institute, where he later taught literature and directed the college theater. He is a retired U.S. Air Force major. Albert Murray is author of "The Omni-Americans"; "Stomping the Blues"; "The Hero and the Blues"; "Train Whistle Guitar"; "The Spyglass Tree"; "The Seven League Boots"; "South to a Very Old Place"; "Conjugations and Reiterations"; and "From the Briarpatch File"; as well as co-author of "Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie "and "Trading Twelves": "The Selected Let Details ISBN0679736956 Author Albert Murray Short Title SOUTH TO A VERY OL Pages 240 Publisher Vintage Books USA Language English ISBN-10 0679736956 ISBN-13 9780679736950 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY B Year 1991 Publication Date 1991-09-30 Residence New York City, NY, US Birth 1916 Imprint Vintage DOI 10.1604/9780679736950 Audience General/Trade We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:8320548;
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