Ferrol Sams
Author
Language
English
Description
In Ferrol Sam's Georgia, there are Southern eccentrics and Southern tragedies, scatterbrained spinsters and coldhearted husbands. In the title story, the young widow Higbee teaches the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Faceville a hilarious lesson about tithing. Young Mamie Kate learns about "Fulfillment" when she sits on Miss Addie's front porch and pretends not to li In Ferrol Sam's Georgia, there are Southern eccentrics and Southern tragedies,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The year is 1942 and Porter Osborne, Jr., is safely ensconced in medical school. He is physically safe, though taunted by the beckoning finger of Uncle Sam. Haunted by the family motto. "Remember who you are." Porter wrestles with a flood of conflicting emotions. A year later, the conflicts wtill unresolved, he is an enlisted man in the U.S. Army. In the face of incomprehensible delays and inefficiency, he wonders how America will ever prevail in...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1986
Physical Desc
528 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The coming of age for Porter Osborn, Jr. as he leaves his rural Georgia home for college. Through his his college career of outrageous pranks and ribald humor, Porter's values are challenged as he moves toward his maturity.
