They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat - Hardcover

Grizzard, Lewis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 093194838X ISBN 13: 9780931948381

Publisher: Peachtree Pub Ltd, 1982

Synopsis

A syndicated columnist and humorist reflects on his thirty-fifth year of life, recalling the upheaval and devastation of his open-heart surgery

About this title

About the Author:

Lewis Grizzard, Jr., was an American writer and humorist known for his commentary on the American South. Although he spent his early career as a newspaper sportswriter and editor, becoming the sports editor of the Atlanta Journal at age 23, he was much better known for his humorous newspaper columns in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a popular stand-up comedian and lecturer.

Review:

"Lewis Grizzard thinks funny." ―San Diego Union
"Imagine Andy Rooney with a Georgian accent and a sense of humor." ―Houston Post
"It makes you feel good to know a person can face the tubes, wires, knives and needles of major heart surgery and make you laugh about it." ―United Press International
"His funniest book ... it will strike a responsive chord in anyone who ever has come face-to-face with a gimlet-eyed surgeon who is about three payments behind on his Mercedes." ―Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"We should be grateful to NewSouth for making this little book available, so we can again hear Grizzard’s sardonic and insightful voice." ―Don Noble, First Draft

About this edition

• Publisher: Peachtree Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 093194838X
• ISBN 13: 9780931948381
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 140