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The bittersweet and very funny story of a young man’s journey to adulthood that the Nashville Banner called "Americana at its best."
Young for his class and small for his age, Porter Osborne, Jr., leaves his rural Georgia home in 1938 to meet the world at Willingham University, armed with the knowledge that he has been "Raised Right" in the best Baptist tradition. What happens over the next four years will challenge the things he holds infallible: his faith, his heritage, and his parents’ omniscience. As we follow Porter’s college career, full of outrageous pranks and ribald humor, we sense a quiet, constant flow toward maturity. Peppered with memorable characters and resonant with details of place and time, The Whisper of the River is filled with the richness of spirit that makes great fiction.
"Wry, incisive, delicately structured, emotionally complex, and hilarious." -- Atlanta Magazine
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The song-filled story of an impressionable young rabbit's search for the wondrous Silver Stream and other tales.
About the Author
Ferrol Sams is a physician, humorist, storyteller, and the bestselling author of eight novels rooted in the oral tradition of southern humor and folklore. He lives in Fayetteville, Georgia.
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- PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0140083871
- ISBN 13 9780140083873
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages544
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