Growing Up South of the Mason-Dixon Line: 13 Stories

Michael Braswell · Anthony Cavender · Ralph Bland · Donald Ball

feb. 2020 · Wipf and Stock Publishers

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From drinking sweet tea on a beloved grandmother’s porch to playing army to witnessing prejudice and violence or receiving the lash, these stories illustrate growing up in the South during the 1950s and 1960s, what it felt, tasted, and looked like through the eyes of the boys who lived it.

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Michael Braswell grew up in Moultrie, Georgia. A former prison psychologist, he earned his PhD in counseling psychology at Southern Mississippi. He has published books on social justice, ethics, counseling, and the spiritual journey, as well as two novels and several short story collections. He is currently Professor Emeritus in Criminal Justice and Criminology at East Tennessee State University. Anthony Cavender grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. He earned his PhD in cultural anthropology from the University of Tennessee. He has done research in Ecuador, Guatemala, Zimbabwe, and southern Appalachia. His publications include the book Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia. He is currently Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at East Tennessee State University.