Shocco Tales: Shavin's Under a Southern Shade Tree - Hardcover
It's been years since Jim Ritchie regaled us with those tales from his boyhood, college days and adult life, beautifully illustrated by his wife Perry in their first Shocco Tales book. Now, in Shavin's Under a Southern Shade Tree, Jim returns with 26 new yarns that will delight old fans and introduce new ones in the style you'd expect from a Southern grandfather and master storyteller. You'll start with a fragrant and hilarious side of country life in Phew! Is A Four Letter Word. You're smack in the middle of barbershop pseudo-wisdom as old buzzards swap insults in Slick Heads and Old Men. You'll grin at Jim's comedic paranoia in Stormy Weather, and laugh out loud at the antics of the tuxedoed, unhappy usher in Frank, Football and the Wedding. Even esteemed lawmakers get their share of attention in When Dry Creek Ain't Dry, a school principal is the subject of a creative practical joke in Vain Vengeances, and the tender tribute to Jim's daughter will strike a chord with fathers in M'Darlin'. Featuring Perry Ritchie's captivating artwork that adds even more life to the stories, you'll agree without a doubt that the new Shocco Tales: Shavin's Under a Southern Shade Tree was worth the wait.
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About the Author:
Born in Brookhaven and raised in Natchez, Mississippi, Jim Ritchie is retired after stints as an army officer, computer salesman and consulting firm owner. A graduate of Ole Miss, Jim is an avid outdoorsman who has always loved a good story. Perry, also an Ole Miss grad, hails from Laurel, Mississippi. An artist all her life, she has won far too many awards to list here. She paints and teaches at her studio in Shocco, Mississippi where they live. The couple has two married children, a foster son, and about a dozen extremely bright grandchildren.
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Be prepared to read Shavin's Under a Southern Shade Tree at least twice. I'll be reading along quietly and then Jim drops an atomic bomb in the middle of a sentence. My wife will ask what's so funny, and I'll have to go back and reread it all out loud to her. --Walt Grayson, WLBT-3 reporter/former weather anchor, and author of Looking Around Mississippi Some More
I couldn't stop laughing and even got a little misty-eyed a couple of times reading these wonderful stories. Jim has a way of making his tall tales jump right off the page and grab you. --Joe Camp, author of The Soul of a Horse, and director of the Benji movies
I couldn't stop laughing and even got a little misty-eyed a couple of times reading these wonderful stories. Jim has a way of making his tall tales jump right off the page and grab you. --Joe Camp, author of The Soul of a Horse, and director of the Benji movies
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- PublisherDogwood Press
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0972161147
- ISBN 13 9780972161145
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages170
- IllustratorPerry Thickens Ritchie
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