Stories from home / Jerry Clower.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clower, Jerry, 1926-1998.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comedians--United States--Biography.

Comedians.

American wit and humor.

Clower, Jerry, 1926-1998.

Clower, Jerry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

Pbk. ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press Of Mississippi, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Brimming with his rich humor, Jerry Clower's book manifests the unsurpassed southern art of yarn spinning. It shows as well the nature of the man for whom good storytelling is more than just show business.Nashville's funniest man had a serious side. Deep in the merry heart of this comic entertainer were the codes and values that made him an esteemed humanitarian.He was named America's best country comic for nine years in a row and was called ""the funniest American storyteller since Will Rogers"" and ""the Mouth of the Mighty Mississippi."" This boisterous, down-home man's loving, extroverted

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; All I Am: A Conversation with Jerry Clower; Growing Up Country; A Family Named Ledbetter; Me and Marcel; God's Gonna Take Care of Me; Mama's Deal and Other Family Matters; Shoot This Thing!; Little Dogs and Big Dogs; Proud to Be an American

Notes:

"Foreword by Willie Morris"--Cover.

ISBN:

1-283-43477-6

9786613434777

1-61703-071-6

OCLC:

774908877