Gully Dirt
On Exposing the Klan, Raising a Hog, and Leaving the South
by Robert Coram
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Pub Date Jan 01 2017 | Archive Date Feb 25 2017
Description
Warning: This book contains
adult content and is best for mature audiences.
In Gully Dirt, Coram
reflects on his own life as the son of a tough, unforgiving Army veteran and a
loving but meek mother, and growing up in a town rife with racial and sexual prejudice.
How does a boy who has no encouragement, no mentor and no role model find his
way out of the most desperate of situations?
Coram holds nothing back as he shares about the land and time that shaped him during the 1950’s and the last age of innocence. No part of his life is too personal or too embarrassing to share including his first tender kiss with a “good” girl, public beatings by his father, discovering the names of local KKK members, raising a hog for a school project, killing his father at the age of 16 and the saving grace of words - especially those penned by acclaimed African American author Frank Yerby and Ralph McGill, former publisher of the Atlanta Constitution.
Perhaps the most surprising element in the book is his sense of humor! Despite unbelievable hardship, Coram leaves his readers wanting to hear one more story and cheering him on as the classic underdog!
A Note From the Publisher
Author is available for interviews, blog tours, autographed tours, autographed book giveaways, contests, and book club discussions.
Advance Praise
In this coming-of-age memoir, Coram spins a web of tales, all of which he assures us are the gospel truth. They may well be — Southern towns have provided the grist for many a literary mill. – Chet Richards (CounterPunch, Jan. 17, 2017)
Five Stars By Paula Thornquist It is fabulous! I couldn't put it down and it had me laughing out loud. Gully Dirt is sensitive, heartwarming and honest beyond an adolescent's worst nightmare. I cant believe it won't be a best seller and a movie.
Five Stars By Joe Astrachan Family, love, frustrations and personal change are themes handled with delicacy and candor in Coram's latest work. Even if you are not from the South, you will resonate with the challenges and transitions reported here. With change in life, family and the world around him,page-turner author Coram insightfully links them all and leaves you with hope and optimism born of survival inspired rural humility.
Marketing Plan
Robert Coram is the first writer to come from Edison, GA. He has an extensive background as a reporter, staff writer and freelance journalist and has published in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, Esquire, Atlanta Magazine, The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution. He has also published three books for Signet and three military biographies for Little Brown & Co. Additionally, Coram taught writing courses for 12 years at Emory University. He currently lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780998382005 |
| PRICE | $15.99 (USD) |
