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Moonshine, Monster Catfish and Other Southern Comforts
Burkhard Bilger
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Description for Moonshine, Monster Catfish and Other Southern Comforts
Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Burkhard Bilger's beautifully written, wonderfully funny and movingly nostalgic book explores the surviving (and often dying) folk traditions of the American South, from the eating of squirrel brains in Kentucky, cock-fighting in Oklahoma, frog-ranching in Georgia and coon-hunting all over, to the noodling for flatheads (fishing for catfish, using your fingers as bait and your arm as a hook) of the title. Caught between the possibility of survival through commercialisation or gradual decline (or in the case of squirrel-brain-eating, threatened by fears of Mad Squirrel Disease), many of these activities will be lucky to survive far into the ... Read more
Burkhard Bilger's beautifully written, wonderfully funny and movingly nostalgic book explores the surviving (and often dying) folk traditions of the American South, from the eating of squirrel brains in Kentucky, cock-fighting in Oklahoma, frog-ranching in Georgia and coon-hunting all over, to the noodling for flatheads (fishing for catfish, using your fingers as bait and your arm as a hook) of the title. Caught between the possibility of survival through commercialisation or gradual decline (or in the case of squirrel-brain-eating, threatened by fears of Mad Squirrel Disease), many of these activities will be lucky to survive far into the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099415954
SKU
KMK0008151
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Burkhard Bilger
Burkhard Bilger is a features editor at Discover and an adjunct professor of science writing at New York University.
Reviews for Moonshine, Monster Catfish and Other Southern Comforts
""His book is subtitled Moonshine, Monster Catfish, and Other Southern Comforts. You wouldn't want to miss a one of 'em.""
The Toronto Star
"A five-star, Bill Bryson-style exploration of the habits, customs, traditions and often-bizarre obsessions of the American South"
Arena
"Bilger never judges the roughnecks who show him the hidden crafts of the Old South ... Read more
The Toronto Star
"A five-star, Bill Bryson-style exploration of the habits, customs, traditions and often-bizarre obsessions of the American South"
Arena
"Bilger never judges the roughnecks who show him the hidden crafts of the Old South ... Read more