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Books by Rick Bragg
  | | I Am a Soldier, Too(1st Edition) The Jessica Lynch Story by Rick Bragg, Jessica Lynch, Beth Holloway Hardcover, 207 Pages, Published 2003 by Knopf Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-4257-9, ISBN: 1-4000-4257-7 "On March 23, 2003, Private First Class Jessica Lynch was crossing the Iraqi desert with the 507th Maintenance Company when the convoy she was traveling in was ambushed, caught in enemy crossfire. All four soldiers traveling with her died in the attack. Lynch, perhaps the most famous P.O.W. this country has ever known, was taken prisoner and held captive in an Iraqi hospital for nine days. Her rescue galvanized the nation; she became a s ..." |
 | | Ava's Man(Reprint) by Rick Bragg Paperback, 259 Pages, Published 2002 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-375-72444-2, ISBN: 0-375-72444-3 "The same fierce pride and love that animated All Over but the Shoutin' glow in Rick Bragg's new book. In fact, he informs us in the prologue that it was the readers of his bestselling 1997 memoir about his mother's struggle to raise three sons out of dire poverty who told him what he had to write about next. "People asked me where I believed my own momma's heart and backbone came from ... they said I short-shrifted them in the first boo ..." |
 | | My Southern Journey(Reprint) True Stories from the Heart of the South by Rick Bragg, Jessica Lynch, Ann B. Ross Paperback, 329 Pages, Published 1998 by Vintage Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-679-77402-0, ISBN: 0-679-77402-5 "A New York Times Notable Book of the YearThis haunting, harrowing, gloriously moving recollection of a life on the American margin is the story of Rick Bragg, who grew up dirt-poor in northeastern Alabama, seemingly destined for either the cotton mills or the penitentiary, and instead became a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times. It is the story of Bragg's father, a hard-drinking man with a murderous temper and the ha ..." |
 | | The Prince of Frogtown(1st Edition) by Mr Rick Bragg Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2009 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-3268-6, ISBN: 1-4000-3268-7 "The final volume of Rick Bragg's bestselling and beloved American saga documents a mesmerizing journey back in time to the lush Alabama landscape of Rick's youth, to Jacksonville's one-hundred-year-old mill and to Rick's father, the troubled, charismatic hustler coming of age in its shadow.Inspired by Rick Bragg's love for his stepson, The Prince of Frogtown also chronicles his own journey into fatherhood, as he learns to avoid the pitf ..." |
 | | The Prince of Frogtown(1st Edition) by Rick Bragg ., Mr. Rick Bragg Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2008 by Knopf Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-4040-7, ISBN: 1-4000-4040-X "In this final volume of the beloved American saga that began with All Over but the Shoutin’ and continued with Ava’s Man, Rick Bragg closes his circle of family stories with an unforgettable tale about fathers and sons inspired by his own relationship with his ten-year-old stepson.He learns, right from the start, that a man who chases a woman with a child is like a dog who chases a car and wins. He discovers that he is unsuited to fathe ..." |
 | | Ava's Man(1st Edition) by Rick Bragg . Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2001 by Knopf Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-375-41062-8, ISBN: 0-375-41062-7 "The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of All Over but the Shoutin’ continues his personal history of the Deep South with an evocation of his mother’s childhood in the Appalachian foothills during the Great Depression, and the magnificent story of the man who raised her.Charlie Bundrum was a roofer, a carpenter, a whiskey-maker, a fisherman who knew every inch of the Coosa River, made boats out of car hoods and knew how to pack a wound with ..." |
 | | Ava's Man(Large Print) (Random House ) by Rick Bragg Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2001 by Random House Large Print Large Print ISBN-13: 978-0-375-43120-3, ISBN: 0-375-43120-9 "The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of All Over But the Shoutin' continues his personal history of the Deep South with an evocation of his mother's childhood in the Appalachian foothills during the Great Depression, and the magnificent story of the man who raised her.Rick Bragg brings his astonishing gift for storytelling to the tale of his grandfather, a man who kept his family one step ahead of poverty and starvation duri ..." |
 | | The Speckled Beauty A Dog and His People, Lost and Found [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING] by Rick Bragg Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2021 by Alfred A. Knopf, New York ISBN-13: 978-0-525-65881-8, ISBN: 0-525-65881-5 "Written with Bragg's inimitable blend of tenderness and sorrow, humor and grit, The Speckled Beauty captures the extraordinary, sustaining devotion between two damaged creatures who need each other to heal." |
 | | Where I Come from Stories from the Deep South by Rick Bragg 256 Pages, Published 2020 by Knopf ISBN-13: 978-0-593-31778-5, ISBN: 0-593-31778-5 "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 pickup truck, the best way to kill fire ants, the unbridled excess of Fat Tuesday, and why ..." |
 | | The Best Cook in the World(Reprint) Tales from My Momma's Southern Table by Rick Bragg Paperback, 560 Pages, Published 2019 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-3269-3, ISBN: 1-4000-3269-5 "A New York Times bestsellerPart cookbook, part memoir, The Best Cook in the World is Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Bragg’s loving tribute to the South, his family and, especially, to his extraordinary mother. Here are irresistible stories and recipes from across generations. They come, skillet by skillet, from Bragg’s ancestors, from feasts and near famine, from funerals and celebrations, and from a thousand tales of family lore as rich an ..." |
 | | The Best Cook in the World Tales from My Momma's Table (Paperback or Softback) by Rick Bragg Paperback, Published 2019 by Large Print Press 6/14/2019 ISBN-13: 978-1-4328-6829-1, ISBN: 1-4328-6829-2 |
 | | Jerry Lee Lewis His Own Story by Rick Bragg, Jerry Lee Lewis Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 2014 by Canongate Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-85786-158-0, ISBN: 0-85786-158-1 "Otherwise known as The Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis has lived an extraordinary life. He spent his childhood raising hell in Louisiana and Mississippi; gave rock-and-roll its devil's edge with hit records like 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On' and 'Great Balls of Fire'; performed with everyone from Elvis Presley to Keith Richards to Bruce Springsteen to Kid Rock; caused riots and boycotts with his incendiary performances; married his thirteen-ye ..." |
 | | The Most They Ever Had(1st Edition) by Rick Bragg Hardcover, 156 Pages, Published 2009 by Macadam/Cage ISBN-13: 978-1-59692-361-4, ISBN: 1-59692-361-X "In spring of 2001, a community of people in the Appalachian foothills came to the edge of all they had ever been. Across the South, padlocks and logging chains bound the doors of silent mills, and it seemed a miracle to blue-collar people in Jacksonville, Alabama, that their mill survived. The century-old hardwood floors still trembled under whirling steel, and people worked on in a mist of white air. The mill had become almost a living ..." |
 | | I Am a Soldier, Too(Reprint) The Jessica Lynch Story by Rick Bragg Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2004 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-7747-2, ISBN: 1-4000-7747-8 "Private First Class Jessica Lynch's capture and rescue during the 2003 war in Iraq captured the attention and captivated the emotions of millions of Americans. Accounts of the actual events surrounding Lynch were wildly varied as some took her to be a symbol of American righteousness while others made her out to be a pawn of the US military. But the Lynch that emerges in Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Rick Bragg's portrayal is an ord ..." |
 | | My Southern Journey(Reprint) True Stories from the Heart of the South by Mr Rick Bragg Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2018 by Southern Living ISBN-13: 978-0-8487-5746-5, ISBN: 0-8487-5746-7 "A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the celebrated bestselling author of All Over but the Shoutin' and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Rick Bragg, comes a poignant and wryly funny collection of essays on life in the South. Keenly observed and written with his insightful and deadpan sense of humor, he explores enduring Southern truths about home, place, spirit, table, and the regions' varied geographies, including his native Alabama, Cajun co ..." |
 | | Best of the Oxford American Ten Years from the Southern Magazine of Good Writing by Rick Bragg, John Grisham, Rick Bass, Larry Brown, Roy Blount Jr., John Updike, Susan Sontag, Mark Smirnoff, Steve Martin, Donna Tartt, William Faulkner, Marc Smirnoff Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2002 by Hill Street Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58818-081-0, ISBN: 1-58818-081-6 "A comprehensive anthology of The Oxford American's most memorable pieces published during the first decade of the magazine's existence, these articles prove provocative, opinionated, and irreverent. The Oxford American has served as an incubator and archive for the most promising and most established voices in contemporary Southern writing. It offers up an extraordinary range of perspectives on a multitude of subjects, while always avoi ..." |
 | | All over but the Shoutin'(Reprint) by Rick Bragg Library, 329 Pages, Published 2008 by Paw Prints 2008-06-26 ISBN-13: 978-1-4352-1183-4, ISBN: 1-4352-1183-9 "In a critically acclaimed memoir, a correspondent for The New York Times recountsgrowing up in the Alabama hill country, the son of a violent veteran and a ..." |
 | | AVA'S MAN.(1st Edition) by Rick Bragg, Alfred A. Knopf Paperback, Published 2001 by Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated ISBN-13: 978-0-9652337-1-2, ISBN: 0-9652337-1-5 "A novel." |
 | | Redbirds(1st Edition) Memories from the South (Panther) by Rick Bragg Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1999 by Harvill Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-86046-397-6, ISBN: 1-86046-397-5 "Redbirds is Rick Bragg s poignant account of growing up in an impoverished white Alabama family poor to the point that even nigras would bring them food. Bragg was born the son of a violent, hard-drinking father and a strong-willed, loving mother who did all she could to protect her sons from the effects of the poverty and ignorance that had constricted her life. His father, after years of abusing both his wife and his sons, abandoned t ..." |
 | | Redbirds(Reprint) Memories from the South by Rick Bragg Paperback, 329 Pages, Published 1998 by Harvill Press ISBN-13: 978-1-86046-396-9, ISBN: 1-86046-396-7 "This autobiography recounts how Bragg, brought up in poverty in the deep South, ended up a Pulitzer Prize-winning report for the "New York Times". The book is an account of growing up in an impoverished, ragged white Alabama family - poor to the point that even "nigras" would bring them food. He writes of his deprived yet hilarious childhood in the 1960s, of his uncomplaining mother's back-breaking labour, and of his father's poisonous ..." |
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