{"product_id":"about-the-south-r-olin-jackson-9798990021198","title":"About the South: An Aging Southerner Recalls Life Tragic and Triumphant in a 1900s-Era Rural Farm Family","description":"\u003cp\u003eWithin the pages of this book are a collection of events and experiences \"About the South\" which, once perused, \u003cstrong\u003ewill be difficult for the reader to put down.\u003c\/strong\u003e These collective memories include \u003cstrong\u003etragic and heart-rending life\u003c\/strong\u003e on one hand, and \u003cstrong\u003eadventure and absolute hilarity\u003c\/strong\u003e on the other, all of which took place within the Jackson family of northwest Georgia in the 1950s and '60s. On the surface, this brood appears to be a typical rural farming family of that era, but in reality, things often were not quite what they seemed to be. These events - for the most part - are all true and represent a semi-autobiographical account of the author's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early years of this household, there are \u003cstrong\u003ecountless comedic moments\u003c\/strong\u003e. In one instance for example, the author, as a child of five years in age, exercised a small tyke's vengeance to \u003cstrong\u003e\"imprison\" his grandfather in the family's dairy farm milk-house\u003c\/strong\u003e for some five hours where the elder Jackson was forced to angrily \"cool his heels\" after having chastised the fearful tiny youngster for a perceived innocent activity. On another occasion, the two oldest brothers conspire to convince their younger sibling that he can \u003cstrong\u003esafely jump off the roof of the family home\u003c\/strong\u003e and supposedly float gently and unharmed down to the ground beneath a tiny surplus Army military supplies parachute. On yet another day, \u003cstrong\u003ethe dynamiting of a troublesome beaver dam\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Jackson farm property almost eliminates more than the dam. And on separate days of reckoning, the youngest brother finally wreaks vengeance upon his elder sibling in dramatic fashion in episodes which \u003cstrong\u003ewill leave the reader reeling in laughter\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeneath this veneer of humorous life, however, were also \u003cstrong\u003emany sad and heart-rending experiences\u003c\/strong\u003e. When \"the chips were down\" financially, \u003cstrong\u003ealcoholism\u003c\/strong\u003e (not to mention \u003cstrong\u003ea fire in the middle of the night\u003c\/strong\u003e) almost destroys the family completely. After the forces of this evil and subsequent divorce have taken their toll upon the family, the youngest son is \u003cstrong\u003etragically accused - at age 16 - of a \"crime\" which actually was no crime at all\u003c\/strong\u003e, and then later \u003cstrong\u003eaccidentally poisoned to death\u003c\/strong\u003e at age 23; the youngest sister is \u003cstrong\u003ebeaten, robbed - and worse - by thieves\u003c\/strong\u003e; and the family home is a whisker away from being repossessed when \u003cstrong\u003ebankruptcy comes knocking on the door\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, however, are many interspersed \u003cstrong\u003einspirational moments as well.\u003c\/strong\u003e Learn about a devoted elderly Black farm worker who meticulously and lovingly cared for the Jackson youngsters during their formative years, earning for him their undying love and respect. Enjoy the details of a \u003cstrong\u003ehighly-decorated World War II veteran\u003c\/strong\u003e who took his young charges - as members of \u003cem\u003eTroop #14\u003c\/em\u003e of the \u003cem\u003eBoy Scouts of America\u003c\/em\u003e - on \u003cstrong\u003emany high adventures in the 1960s\u003c\/strong\u003e and taught them how to survive in a world which was fast-becoming a very confusing place. These and some 20 additional episodes of unusual comedy, high adventure and heart-breaking tragedy await the readers of this account of the author's rise to manhood where even then, he continued to experience oft-hilarious incidents \"About the South\" which defy description.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. 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