Cathedrals of Kudzu: A Personal Landscape of the South
by Hal Crowther
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"In these essays, Crowther sorts out a whole warehouse of Southern idiosyncrasy and iconography, including the Southern belle, Faulkner, James Dickey, Stonewall Jackson, Cormac McCarthy, Walker Percy, Erskine Caldwell, guns, dogs, fathers, trees, George Wallace, Elvis, Doc Watson, the decline of poetry, and the return of chain gangs. Unlike Mencken, who was incorrigibly cynical about his subjects, Crowther is capable of affectionate, even sentimental, concessions - even to some of the most show more dubious players who cross his stage."--Jacket. show lessTags
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For a man who has won the H. L. Mencken award more than once, little of that acerbic wit is on display here, and the love letter to the South that this book aspires to be would no doubt horrify the man who's name is on the award. Being familiar with Crowther from his newspaper columns, I expected much more than this rather tepid collection of essays.
This is a delightful collection of essays mainly about Southern authors and other things Southern.
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- George Wallace
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- USA; Alabama, USA; Tennessee, USA
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- Nonfiction, History, Literature Studies and Criticism, Biography & Memoir
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- 975 — History & geography History of North America Southeastern United States (South Atlantic states)
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- F209 .C78 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history The South. South Atlantic States
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