On Grandma's Porch

by Debra Leigh Smith, Virginia Ellis, Martha Shields, et al.

Book Overview

A wonderful story and trivia collection about growing up Southern in the years before Wal-Mart, shopping malls and iPods. Seventeen veteran Southern writers contribute humorous, poignant and nostalgic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0976876027
• ISBN13: 9780976876021
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: BelleBooks
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A heartwarming tribute to Southern culture and joyful childhood memories.

On Grandma's Porch: Stories and True Facts About Growing Up Southern in Good Old Days is an anthology of vignette reminiscences by a wide diversity of authors about what it was like to grow up in the South in days gone by. Nostalgia for such simple pleasures as visiting Grandma and Grandpa for a day of adventure on the farm, drinking a glass of milk straight from the cow, sleeping on the back porch in the sunshine, or taking pleasure in the faithful company of mouser cats and hound dogs. A heartwarming tribute to Southern culture and joyful childhood memories.