I Left My Heart in Shanghi, Alabama - Softcover

Short, Carroll Dale

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1603062076 ISBN 13: 9781603062077

Publisher: NewSouth Books, 2012

Synopsis

After Dale Short moved away (reluctantly) from his hometown of Shanghi [sic] in Walker County, Alabama, he wrote home every week -- by means of a newspaper column in The Daily Mountain Eagle, where he held his first writing job in the late 1960s. The columns -- a homesick country boy’s reflections on the comforts, conflicts, and absurdities of living in the modern world -- have become a consistent favorite of Walker County readers, and have been honored multiple times by the Alabama Press Association and Alabama Media Professionals as the outstanding newspaper column in the state. They are collected here in Short's book I Left My Heart in Shanghi, Alabama, along with a new introduction by the author.

About this title

About the Author:

Both a novelist and journalist, Carroll Dale Short’s fiction and non-fiction have appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, American Lawyer, the Birmingham News, Roanoke Review, and other periodicals. His previous books include I Left My Heart in Shanghi, Alabama; A Migration of Clowns: Poems and Essays; and The Shining Shining Path.

Review:

"Short’s 'postage stamp of native soil' -- to quote another Southerner who never left home―lives on as a vehicle for sending this love letter to his beloved Shanghi, to his family and, most importantly, to himself. His easygoing, straightforward style will leave readers longing for a rocking chair, a cold drink, and the smell of something wonderful coming from the kitchen. Come on in and sit a spell. You won’t want to leave." ―Bede Barefoot, First Draft

About this edition

• Publisher: NewSouth Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1603062076
• ISBN 13: 9781603062077
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 126