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010      2020032544 
020    9781588384331|q(hardback) 
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092    976.144|bTIP 
100 1  Tipmore, David,|eauthor. 
245 10 My little town :|ba pilgrim's portrait of a uniquely 
       Southern place /|cD.B. Tipmore ; photographs by Frank C. 
       Williams. 
264  1 Montgomery :|bNewSouth Books,|c[2021] 
300    160 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160). 
505 00 |tHome --|tA tour --|tWhy --|tHistory --|tDecay --
       |tIsolation --|tThe economy --|tEducation --|tChicken 
       salad --|tPoisoned soup --|tFamily --|tFunerals --
       |tReligion --|tMr. Nielsen --|tSocial life --|tWomen's 
       clubs --|tConversation --|tRace --|tPolitics --|tCoal ash 
       landfill, Huntley County --|tJews --|tPilgrimage. 
520    "My Little Town turns the Yankee-comes-to-Dixie literary 
       genre outside in, examining Marion, Alabama, through the 
       eyes of someone who should never have been living there 
       and yet found himself there for more than a decade. With a
       keen appreciation of its peculiarly Southern tableau, the 
       book lovingly scrutinizes an Alabama village short chapter
       by short chapter, accompanied by photographer Jerry 
       Siegel's captivating work from the Black Belt. Funeral 
       visitations, poisoned soup luncheons, Pilgrimage hosting, 
       supper clubs, family feuds, Obama Day parades, politics, 
       Jews, and chicken salad recipes are all treated with a 
       voice of singular precision and affection. Simultaneously 
       author David Tipmore couples this fresh view of Southern 
       small-town life with his own narrative of a worldly urban 
       nomad who hopes to find a home in one of the most isolated
       areas of the United States, peculiarly defined by its 
       racial history and regional mores. By conflating the two 
       stories, My Little Town challenges the reader as much as 
       the author, raising serious questions about our ability as
       Americans to transcend our regional identities and 
       cultural complexities"--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Tipmore, David|xHomes and haunts|zAlabama|zMarion. 
650  0 City and town life|zAlabama|zMarion. 
651  0 Marion (Ala.)|xHistory. 
651  0 Marion (Ala.)|xSocial conditions. 
651  0 Marion (Ala.)|vBiography.