TY - BOOK AU - Bragg,Rick TI - Where I come from: stories from the deep South SN - 9780593317785 PY - 2020/// CY - New York PB - Alfred A. Knopf KW - Southern States KW - Social life and customs KW - Anecdotes KW - Biography KW - Autobiographies KW - lcgft KW - Essays N1 - "This is a Borzoi book"--title page verso; Includes bibliographical references; If it was easy, everyone would live here -- We will never see their like again -- Faux southern -- The best part of the pig -- Relations -- Haunted mansions -- Christmas in a can -- The sporting life ... and death -- Institutions N2 - "From the best-selling, Pulitzer prize-winning author of All Over But the Shoutin' and The Best Cook in the World, a collection of his irresistible columns from Southern Living and Garden & Gun. A collection of wide-ranging and endearingly personal columns by the celebrated author, newspaper columnist, and Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Bragg, culled from his best-loved pieces in Southern Living and Garden & Gun. From his love of Tupperware ("My Affair with Tupperware") to the decline of country music, from the legacy of Harper Lee to the metamorphosis of the pick-up truck, the best way to kill fire ants, the unbridled excess of Fat Tuesday, and why any self-respecting Southern man worth his salt should carry a good knife, Where I Come From is an ode to the stories and the history of the deep south, written with tenderness, wit, and deep affection--a book that will be treasured by fans old and new"-- ER -