| Billy Watson's Croker Sack Contributor(s): Burroughs, Franklin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820319996 ISBN-13: 9780820319995 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: In South Carolina, a croker sack is any big cloth sack. When opened, it sometimes reveals more than expected, as do these deceptively simple narratives about fishing trips, flora and fauna, and memories of the past. Observing a snapping turtle, recounting the old age and death of a hunting dog, or talking with neighbors who shot a moose and hung it in their garage, Franklin Burroughs reflects on how human and natural histories interconnect. His writing is clear and still as a pond, and his distinctive and evocative voice resonates through the details. "Elegant, unexpected, remarkable for their ability to weave through time and space and turns of emotion, these essays would do Montaigne or Samuel Johnson proud". -- The Cleveland Plain Dealer |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Essays - Sports & Recreation | Hunting |
| Dewey: 799 |
| LCCN: 97034307 |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 5.52" W x 8.28" (0.42 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Maine - Geographic Orientation - South Carolina |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In South Carolina, a croker sack is any big cloth sack. When opened, it sometimes reveals more than expected, as do these deceptively simple narratives about fishing trips, flora and fauna, and memories of the past. Observing a snapping turtle, recounting the old age and death of a hunting dog, or talking with neighbors who shot a moose and hung it in their garage, Franklin Burroughs reflects on how human and natural histories interconnect. His writing is clear and still as a pond, and his distinctive and evocative voice resonates through the details. |
Contributor Bio(s): Burroughs, Franklin: - FRANKLIN BURROUGHS grew up in South Carolina and now lives in Maine, where he teaches at Bowdoin College. |