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The Prince of Frogtown (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Rick Bragg
Publisher: Random House Large Print
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 332468
Format: Large Print
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6 x 1.1
ISBN: 0739327968
Dewey Decimal Number: 976.1063092
EAN: 9780739327968
ASIN: 0739327968
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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Product Description
In this final volume of the beloved American saga that began with All Over but the Shoutin’ and continued with Ava’s Man, Rick Bragg closes his circle of family stories with an unforgettable tale about fathers and sons inspired by his own relationship with his ten-year-old stepson.
He learns, right from the start, that a man who chases a woman with a child is like a dog who chases a car and wins. He discovers that he is unsuited to fatherhood, unsuited to fathering this boy in particular, a boy who does not know how to throw a punch and doesn’t need to; a boy accustomed to love and affection rather than violence and neglect; in short, a boy wholly unlike the child Rick once was, and who longs for a relationship with Rick that Rick hasn’t the first inkling of how to embark on. With the weight of this new boy tugging at his clothes, Rick sets out to understand his father, his son, and himself.
The Prince of Frogtown documents a mesmerizing journey back in time to the lush Alabama landscape of Rick’s youth, to Jacksonville’s one-hundred-year-old mill, the town’s blight and salvation; and to a troubled, charismatic hustler coming of age in its shadow, Rick’s father, a man bound to bring harm even to those he truly loves. And the book documents the unexpected corollary to it, the marvelous journey of Rick’s later life: a journey into fatherhood, and toward a child for whom he comes to feel a devotion that staggers him. With candor, insight, tremendous humor, and the remarkable gift for descriptive storytelling on which he made his name, Rick Bragg delivers a brilliant and moving rumination on the lives of boys and men, a poignant reflection on what it means to be a father and a son.
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 The Prince of Frogtown August 18, 2008
Absolutely Rick Bragg's best! I hated for the book to end. Holds attention throughout and very well put together. Could relate to several things in story. Must read!!
Like listenin' to a neighbor August 15, 2008
I read All Over But the Shoutin' years ago and recommended it to many people, including my students. I thought it was a great book, and for me, living in northwest Georgia, it was kind of like reading about things that happened in your back yard. I'm just a little older than Bragg, and I grew up in the country,too, but I felt naive and sheltered reading about how Bragg grew up less than a 100 miles from me. Like "Shoutin," The Prince of Frogtown is a "must read" for a Southerner. When I stumbled across it, I first saw the Audio book and bought it without even looking for a print copy. It is read by Bragg himself, and I loved that. It was like listening to one of my neighbors.
 Another fine view into fathers and sons August 15, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am a huge fan of Rick Bragg's previous autobiographical books, It's All Over But the Shoutin' and Ava's Man. He writes was an amazing voice that puts the reader right there in the middle of the story and manages to convey respect for his hardscrabble ancestors. In The Prince of Frogtown, Bragg revisits the story of his father who he dismissed in Shoutin' as an abusive alcoholic who abandoned his family. Bragg was forced to take another look at his father after marrying a woman with a 10-year-old son. The son is protected and soft compared to Bragg's rough upbringing, and at first Bragg has a hard time relating to this child and then wants to toughen him up. Chapters alternate between a biography of Bragg's father and Bragg's growing relationship with "the boy". He never excuses his father's bad behavior, but he comes to understand him and himself better. The chapters about "the boy" are sharp insights into Bragg as a man, and as they grow closer, both are changed by the relationship. It's a terrific book about fathers and sons.
Who wrote this book? August 4, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love Ricky Bragg. While technically quintessential Bragg, The Prince of Frogtown did not tiptoe intimately through my soul as did the previous two books. Great artists' talent often pours forth from personal agony. Who wrote this book? Perhaps it was a happier Ricky Bragg. I sure hope so!
Selfishly awaiting the novel.
Sue in Alabama.
Wonderful! July 19, 2008
This is a continuation of All Over But the Shoutin' and Ava's Man. If you liked these, you will like this book about his father. He doesn't say much about his father in the first two books because his father was not in his life much while growing up but now you get to see the good and mostly bad about him. Rick Bragg is a terrific writer and I will read anything he writes.
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