My little town : a pilgrim's portrait of a uniquely southern place

Author/Creator:

Tipmore, David, author

Publication/Creation:

Montgomery, Alabama : NewSouth Books, [2021]

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

My little town : a pilgrim's portrait of a uniquely southern place / David Tipmore

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Tipmore, David--Homes and haunts--Alabama--Marion
Race relations
Marion (Ala.)--History
Marion (Ala.)--Social conditions
C (Ala.)--Race relations
Marion (Ala.)--Biography

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Home -- A tour -- Why -- History -- Decay -- Isolation -- The economy -- Education -- Chicken salad -- Poisoned soup -- Family -- Funerals -- Religion -- Mr. Nielsen -- Social life -- Women's clubs -- Conversation -- Race -- Politics -- Coal ash landfill, Huntley County -- Jews -- Pilgrimage.

Summary:

"My Little Town turns the Yankee-comes-to-Dixie literary genre outside in, examining Marion, Alabama, through the eyes of someone who should never have been living there and yet found himself there for more than a decade. With a keen appreciation of its peculiarly Southern tableau, the book lovingly scrutinizes an Alabama village short chapter by short chapter, accompanied by photographer Jerry Siegel's captivating work from the Black Belt. Funeral visitations, poisoned soup luncheons, Pilgrimage hosting, supper clubs, family feuds, Obama Day parades, politics, Jews, and chicken salad recipes are all treated with a voice of singular precision and affection. Simultaneously author David Tipmore couples this fresh view of Southern small-town life with his own narrative of a worldly urban nomad who hopes to find a home in one of the most isolated areas of the United States, peculiarly defined by its racial history and regional mores. By conflating the two stories, My Little Town challenges the reader as much as the author, raising serious questions about our ability as Americans to transcend our regional identities and cultural complexities"--

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (97 pages) : illustrations

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937448378902486

ISBN:

1-58838-434-9