| The World Was My Garden, Too Contributor(s): Pickering, Sam (Author) |
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ISBN: 1948692147 ISBN-13: 9781948692144 Publisher: Madville Publishing LLC OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Nature | Essays - Humor | Topic - Travel |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.85 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: He roams New England, Arkansas, the Caribbean, Nova Scotia and the familiar and odd plots of mind and thought. He explores shorelines and climbs "hillish" mountains. He sits on porches and talks to passersby and their dogs. He meets strange and delightful people, most of whom are real. "Reading Pickering," a reviewer wrote in The Smithsonian decades ago, "is like taking a walk with your oldest, wittiest friend." "Now," Pickering says, "I am old, and the friends who thought me witty have fallen off the perch. But that's okay. What I write makes me smile and mutter, 'What a guy.'" And what wonderful essays these are--pages that awaken the affections and make readers smile and embrace the beauty of this bruised world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pickering, Sam: - Sam Pickering grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. He spent 67 years in classrooms learning and teaching and has long been a rummager and writer wandering New England and the South, the Mid-East, Britain, Australia, and Canada. He has written some thirty books and is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. |