Ecology of a Cracker Childhood: 15th Anniversary Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (643 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1571313257 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 294 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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"An Exceptional Memoir" according to A Customer. this book is a must for any Southerner and for anyone interested in the environment. Though I was born and raised in Georgia I was ignorant of the ecology of the longleaf pine forests. And though I have often drive through the region described in the book I knew nothing about the people there. The book alternates between a memoir of Ray's family and upbringing and l. slowwalker said An absolute joy tp read and enjoy. Very well written. An absolute joy tp read and enjoy. As a native of Baxley, Ga. myself I, it took me home.. Janisse Ray Has a Southern Soul Mary S. Exley This is a truly delightful book. Readers reared in the southern coastal plains of Georgia can especially relate to Ms. Ray's life in the small town of Baxley, Ga. She does a really brilliant job of interweaving the sadness of the failure of man to protect the pristine environment of the once productive southern farmland.The stories of her life growing up on the junk
Today, the forests exist in fragments, cherished and threatened, and the South of her youth is gradually being overtaken by golf courses and suburban development. A contemporary classic, Ecology of a Cracker Childhood is a clarion call to protect the cultures and ecologies of every childhood.. ”A gutsy, wholly original memoir of ragged grace and raw beauty.”Kirkus Reviews (STARRED)From the memories of a childhood marked by extreme poverty, mental illness, and restrictive fundamentalist Christian rules, Janisse Ray crafted a memoir that has inspired thousands to embrace their beginnings, no matter how humble, and fight for the places they love. Highway 1, hidden from Florida-bound travelers by hulks of old cars. In language at once colloquial, elegiac, and informative, Ray redeems her home and her people, while also cataloging the source of her childhood hope: the Edenic longleaf pine forests, where orchids grow amid wiregrass at the feet of widely spaced, lofty trees. This edition, published on the fifteenth anniversary of the original publication, updates and contextualizes the story for a new generation and a wider audience desperately searching for stories of empowerment and hope.Janisse Ray grew up in a junkyard along U.S
The scrubby forests of southern Georgia, dotting a landscape of low hills and swampy bottoms, are not what many people would consider to be exalted country, the sort of place to inspire lyrical considerations of nature and culture. Her evocations of fog-enshrouded woods and old ways of living are not without pain for all that has been lost--but full of hope as well for what can be saved. --Gregory McNamee. Her family had little money, but that was not important; they more than made up for material want through unabashed love and a passion for learning, values that underlie every turn of Ray's narrative. Ray grew up in a junkyard outside what had been longleaf pine forest, an ecosystem that has nearly disappeared in the