The Good Old Boys by Paul Hemphill Simon and Schuster 1974 First Edition
Title: The Good Old Boys
Author: Paul Hemphill
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon and Schuster 1974
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0671217712
Size: 5.75 X 8.5 * 255 pages
Synopsis: From the Jacket:  In an age when all America seems to be traveling down the road to a bland uniformity of styles and commercialized, plastic sameness, there still remains one last group of true romantics anchored to their convictions, beliefs and folkways-- the good old boys, the white Southerners with their mystique of fast cars, moonshine, country music, stock-car racing and Southern machismo. In this marvelous and eloquent book, Paul Hemphill, the author of The Nashville Sound: Bright Lights and Country Music, celebrates the last of a dying breed-and his own childhood and upbringing. He describes his initiation into the company of men in Class D Baseball on a hot summer night in Graceville, Florida, the mystique of sports, the trials and tribulations of down-home Southern politics (in the person of Lester Maddox), the world of evangelist preachers, roller derby promoters and country music stalwarts that is peculiarly Southern, the folk heroes of an embattled civilization. The Good Old Boys is a tour de force by one of the most exciting and original writers to emerge from the South in recent years, who, with a voice that is peculiarly and triumphantly his own, gives a brilliant account of a world-or maybe a view of the world-summed up by the writer's own father: "There's days I'll be sitting on the yard downtown, nothing to do but drink bourbon and chase it with a six-pack, and out on the expressway I'll hear some old boy in a rig whistle and get another gear, and it gets to me..."
About the Author Paul Hemphill was born in Birmingham, Alabama, teethed on Class D Baseball in Graceville, Florida (an experience he describes in this book), and was educated at Auburn (Alabama) University and Harvard, where he was a Nieman Fellow in 1968-1969. The author of The Nashville Sound: Bright Lights and Country Music and Mayor: Notes on the Sixties (written with Ivan Allen, Jr.), he now lives on St. Simon Island, Georgia.
Overall Condition: Very good: The book does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. There is no obvious damage to the cover which shows some fading and the dust jacket is included. There are no missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. It may have very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover as well as very minimal wear and tear; see images.
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