due south by r scott brunner review

DUE SOUTH by R. Scott Brunner [review]

Non-Fiction/Category: U. S. South

Dean Moore reviews DUE SOUTH: Dispatches from Down Home by R. Scott

Brunner (Villard, 1999):

The subtitle to R. Scott Brunner's book is "Dispatches from Down

Home." This delightful book is a fast paced collection of fond

memories, written by a self-described boy from the South. It recalls

the culture of the not-so-long-ago South.

While each chapter is a short 3 or 4 page vignette, it's depth is

suprising and informative. The tone is humorous and lighthearted. R.

Scott Brunner writes in a style similar to local Memphis columnist and

writer Lydel Sims and the more well-known Southern humorist Lewis

Grizzard.

If you enjoy books like Chili Dawgs Always Bark at Night by Lewis

Grizzard or any of his other titles, you would enjoy Due South.

Dean Moore, Frayser Branch Library

Labels: Nonfiction, Reviews by Dean Moore

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Comments:

Comparing Brunner to Lewis Grizzard is quite a compliment! I remember

the late columnist for his irresistible mixture of down-home wit and

dead-on political commentary. This recollection brings to mind such

commentators as Will Rogers and Molly Ivins. And, do you remember

Rheta Grimsley Johnson who used to write for the old Memphis Press

Scimitar?

Does Brunner comment on political matters in Due South?

# posted by Blogger Doris G. Dixon : August 12, 2006 5:27 PM