Hypogrif in Bubbaville
A Memoir of Race, Class and Ego
Grif Stockley grew up the rotten-spoiled son of white landowners in post-WWII eastern Arkansas, an agricultural paradise or hell, depending on your perspective. Hypogrif in Bubbaville is more than a memoir, for Stockley opens a window on the dominant white culture of the Jim Crow-era Mississippi River Delta, exposing his childhood home, his family, and especially himself, to unblinking scrutiny. Stockley weaves a deeply personal narrative into the most formative events of his generation. Through accounts of his service as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Colombia, a state-side Army draftee during the Vietnam War, a legal advocate for the poo…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-08-789268-9
- EAN: 9781087892689
- Produktnummer: 34403358
- Verlag: Indy Pub
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 268 S.
- Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D1.9 cm 507 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
- Gewicht: 507
Über den Autor
Grif Stockley is an author, historian, and attorney known for his dedication to advancing civil rights after coming of age in the Jim Crow South. His Gideon Page series of legal mystery novels became popular in the 1990s. His non-fiction titles exploring the history of race relations in Arkansas have earned him widespread acclaim. Stockley has been awarded the Porter Prize, the Booker Worthen Literary Prize (twice), and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Arkansas Historical Association.
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