All Over But the Shoutin', by Rick Bragg

Started:  June 2014
Finished:  June 2014

This was a great read.  I found this book while visiting my parents house one afternoon.  It was laying out on one of their old antique tables.  Apparently, my aunt and uncle had given my folks this paperback as a gift Christmas 2001.  My dad mentioned what a good read this was, so I thought I would give it a try.

The book is an autobiography of Rick Bragg a journalist for several large newspapers including the New York Times.  It's an insight into the deep south in the 50's and 60's and the scars of segregation.  Bragg talks of how severely abusive his father was to Bragg's mom and his family.  It was extremely difficult to read in some areas, due to how vividly he describes the last encounters with his father while he was still alive.