Deep South: Memory and Observation - Softcover

Caldwell, Erskine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820305251 ISBN 13: 9780820305257

Publisher: University of Georgia Press, 1982

Synopsis

This work presents a mixture of anecdotes, memories, interviews and observations from a minister's son whose father performed missionary work in the deeply religious communities of the Bible Belt in America.

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Review:

"Many of the episodic stories could easily stand on their own, but it is the collage of characters and southern religions which makes the book so vivid"--"Religious Studies Review"

"A colorful, nostalgic account . . . "Deep South" is sharply observant and evokes a certain time with telling accuracy."--"Savannah News-Press"

Many of the episodic stories could easily stand on their own, but it is the collage of characters and southern religions which makes the book so vivid--"Religious Studies Review"

A colorful, nostalgic account . . . "Deep South" is sharply observant and evokes a certain time with telling accuracy.--"Savannah News-Press"

Many of the episodic stories could easily stand on their own, but it is the collage of characters and southern religions which makes the book so vivid

--Religious Studies Review

A colorful, nostalgic account . . . Deep South is sharply observant and evokes a certain time with telling accuracy.

--Savannah News-Press

From the Back Cover:

Portraying a region steeped in religious piety and ritual, excess and prejudice, Deep South is a product both of Erskine Caldwell the storyteller and Erskine Caldwell the minister's son. Rev. Ira Sylvester Caldwell's missionary work took him and his family deep into the Bible Belt. By the time Erskine Caldwell left home at seventeen, he had witnessed such varieties of religious experience as all-night camp meetings, baptismal immersions in muddy creeks, snakehandlings, street-corner rallies, and midnight mass. Decades later, Caldwell drew on this fertile background when he toured the region in order to hear firsthand from ministers and churchgoers about how southern protestantism was faring amid the social upheaval of the mid-1960s. Deep South offers a rich mix of anecdotes, memories, interviews, and observations that points to what may he the true essence of southern spirituality.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0820305251
• ISBN 13: 9780820305257
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270