{"product_id":"freedom-fighters-and-hell-raisers-9780932112781","title":"Freedom Fighters and Hell Raisers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI don''t have any children, so I''ve decided to claim all the future freedom-fighters and hell-raisers as my kin, wrote journalist Molly Ivins. Ivins is one of the biggest hell-raisers profiled in this collection of essays by Hal Crowther, but there is plenty hell-raising and freedom-fighting to go around. Crowther is a writer whose own career is marked by sharp political and social commentary in the pages of national and regional outlets, from Time to the Atlanta Constitution to The Oxford American. In this collection, he turns his attention to best and the brightest of the recently departed generation in the South. These essays commemorate the passing of iconic Southern figures such as John Hope Franklin, Doc Watson, Judy Bonds, and James Dickey. Crowther has known most of the folks he profiles and has lived in their particular landscape for decades; he has some stories to tell, and he does so with a particular appreciation for his subjects' accomplishments, their surroundings, and e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Crowther's astute and affecting portraits make me think there might be something in The South worth preserving, after all.  What he's so very, very masterful at―and no easy trick―is describing goodness itself, and making it plausible.\" ―Richard Ford\u003c\/p\u003e        \u003cp\u003e“Hal Crowther hunts with live ammunition.” ―Bill Moyers\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\"Crowther’s inimitable voice either soothes like bourbon or burns like whisky throughout this clear-eyed collection.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e        \u003cp\u003e“It is a rare man who possesses both a passionate conscience and a brilliant wit. Crowther’s conscience compels him to distinguish right from wrong, to honor the right, and to decry the wrong.” ―Annie Dillard, forward to \u003ci\u003eUnarmed but Dangerous\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFreedom Fighters and Hell Raisers\u003c\/em\u003e is aptly named, as it is a kaleidoscope of Southern trailblazers, ranging from poets and musicians to politicians and nuns. Hal Crowther creates his subjects with honesty and love, which is the only way to honor those who have had the courage to cut the path we now walk along.\" ―Michael Farris Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fighter and Desperation Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFREEDOM FIGHTERS AND HELL RAISERS\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eby Hal Crowther\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by Silas House\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMolly Ivins, The Red Rose of Texas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Hope Franklin, A Long View, Unsweetened\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFather Thomas Berry, Deep Greens and Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLance Corporal Brian Anderson, A Farewell to Arms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJames Dickey, The Last Wolverine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSister Evelyn Mattern, Confession, Dedicated to a Fighting Nun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJames Still, A Man of the World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarshall Frady, Son of a Preacher Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKirk Varnedoe, A Prophet from Savannah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJesse Winchester, The Tennessee Kid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnne Braden, An Embarrassing Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTommy Thompson,The Last Song of Father Banjo \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEubie Blake, A Century of Ragtime\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJudy Bonds, This Land is Your Land\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrank M. Johnson, The Last Southern Hero\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJesse Helms, The Last of His Kind?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWill Campbell, God’s Will\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeorge Wallace, Requiem for a Bantamweight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoc Watson, But Now I See\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Carolina Wren Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528569856343,"sku":"9780932112781","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780932112781.jpg?v=1731872151","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/freedom-fighters-and-hell-raisers-9780932112781","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}