Freedom fighters and hell raisers: a gallery of memorable southerners

Book Cover
Average Rating
Author:
Crowther, Hal
Language:
English
Choose a Format
Book
      Show Edition
On Shelf
Athens Drive Community - Adult Non-Fiction
975 CROWT
Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction has 2
975 CROWT
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
975 CROWT
  Quick Copy View
Place Hold
Also in This Series
More Details
ISBN:
9780932112781
9780932112774
Published Reviews
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View

Grouping Information

Grouped Work ID19990273-035d-58ed-22b4-6aa208273a8c
Grouping Titlefreedom fighters and hell raisers a gallery of memorable southerners
Grouping Authorhal crowther
Grouping Categorybook
Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
Last Grouping Update2024-03-16 03:09:37AM
Last Indexed2024-05-09 03:14:50AM

Solr Fields

accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
Crowther, Hal
author_display
Crowther, Hal
available_at_catalog
Athens Drive Community
Cary Regional
Eva H. Perry Regional
North Regional
Northeast Regional
Oberlin Regional
Southeast Regional
Wake Forest Community
collection_catalog
Adult Non-Fiction
detailed_location_catalog
Athens Drive Community - Adult Non-Fiction
Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
North Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Northeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Oberlin Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Remote Storage - Adult Non-Fiction
Southeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Wake Forest Community - Adult Non-Fiction
display_description
"'I don't have any children, so I've decided to claim all the future freedom-fighters and hell-raisers as my kin,' wrote journalist Molly Ivins. Ivins is one of the biggest hell raisers profiled in this collection of essays by Hal Crowther, but there is plenty of hell-raising and freedom-fighting to go around. Crowther is a writer whose own career is marked by sharp political and social commentary in the pages of national and regional outlets, from Time to the Atlanta Journal Constitution to the Oxford American. In this collection, he turns his attention to the best and the brightest of the recently departed generation in the South. These essays commemorate the passing of iconic Southern figures such as John Hope Franklin, Doc Watson, Judy Bonds, and James Dickey. Crowther has known most of the folks he profiles and has lived in their particular landscape for decades; he has some stories to tell, and he does so with a particular appreciation for his subjects' accomplishments, their surroundings, and even, in the case of politicos Jesse Helms and George Wallace, their particular brand of notoriousness. Novelist and commentator Silas House, author of Southernmost and A parchment of leaves, introduces the collection"--
format_catalog
Book
format_category_catalog
Books
id
19990273-035d-58ed-22b4-6aa208273a8c
isbn
9780932112774
9780932112781
last_indexed
2024-05-09T07:14:50.685Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Non Fiction
literary_form_full
Non Fiction
local_callnumber_catalog
975 CROWT
owning_library_catalog
Wake County Public Libraries
owning_location_catalog
Athens Drive Community
Cary Regional
Eva H. Perry Regional
North Regional
Northeast Regional
Oberlin Regional
Southeast Regional
Wake Forest Community
primary_isbn
9780932112781
publishDate
2018
publisher
Blair
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
Essays
Southern States -- Biography
Southern States -- Civilization
Southern States -- Intellectual life
title_display
Freedom fighters and hell raisers : a gallery of memorable southerners
title_full
Freedom fighters and hell raisers : a gallery of memorable southerners / Hal Crowther ; illustrations by Nathan Golub
title_short
Freedom fighters and hell raisers
title_sub
a gallery of memorable southerners
topic_facet
Civilization
Intellectual life

Solr Details Tables

item_details

Bib IdItem IdShelf LocCall NumFormatFormat CategoryNum CopiesIs Order ItemIs eContenteContent SourceeContent URLDetailed StatusLast CheckinLocation
ils:7321786776130Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction975 CROWT1falsefalseOn ShelfCRY
ils:7321786776127Oberlin Regional - Adult Non-Fiction975 CROWT1falsefalseOn ShelfOBR
ils:7321786776132Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction975 CROWT1falsefalseOn ShelfCRY
ils:7321786776125Oberlin Regional - Adult Non-Fiction975 CROWT1falsefalseOn ShelfOBR
ils:7321786776135Southeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction975 CROWT1falsefalseOn ShelfSER
ils:7321786776123Remote Storage - Adult Non-Fiction975 CROWT1falsefalseOn ShelfLAB
ils:7321786776134Oberlin Regional - Adult Non-Fiction975 CROWT1falsefalseOn ShelfOBR
ils:7321786776121Northeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction975 CROWT1falsefalseOn ShelfNER
ils:7321786776122Wake Forest Community - Adult Non-Fiction975 CROWT1falsefalseOn ShelfWAK
ils:7321786776138North Regional - Adult Non-Fiction975 CROWT1falsefalseOn ShelfNOR
ils:7321786776136Athens Drive Community - Adult Non-Fiction975 CROWT1falsefalseOn ShelfADR
ils:7321786776139Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction975 CROWT1falsefalseOn ShelfEVA

record_details

Bib IdFormatFormat CategoryEditionLanguagePublisherPublication DatePhysical DescriptionAbridged
ils:732178BookBooksEnglishBlair[2018]xiii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

scoping_details_catalog

Bib IdItem IdGrouped StatusStatusLocally OwnedAvailableHoldableBookableIn Library Use OnlyLibrary OwnedHoldable PTypesBookable PTypesLocal Url
ils:7321786776130On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:7321786776127On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:7321786776132On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:7321786776125On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:7321786776135On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:7321786776123On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:7321786776134On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:7321786776121On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:7321786776122On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:7321786776138On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:7321786776136On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:7321786776139On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
Borrower Reviews