All over but the shoutin'
By: Rick Bragg.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
Subjects: Bragg, Rick; Bragg, Rick -- Childhood and youth; Journalists -- United States -- Biography; Working class whites -- Alabama -- Biography; Alabama -- Biography; Alabama -- Rural conditions
Other titles: All over but the shouting
Description: A haunting memoir about growing up dirt-poor in the pines of Alabama - and about moving on but never really being able to leave.

It is the story of a war-haunted, hard-drinking father and a strong-willed, loving mother who struggled to protect her sons from the effects of poverty and ignorance that had constricted her own life. It is the story of the life Bragg was able to carve out for himself on the strength of his mother's encouragement and belief. And it is the story of his attempts to both atone for and avenge the mistakes and cruelties of his past.

All Over but the Shoutin' is a gripping account of people struggling to make sense and solidity of life's capricious promises.