You Live & Learn. Then You Die & Forget

by William Ferris and Ray Lum

Book Overview

A livestock trader and auctioneer offers his intuitive insight into human nature, chronicling a life of travel in which he encountered depression, dirt farmers, blacks and whites, wealthy ranchers,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385419260
• ISBN13: 9780385419260
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A story for the genuine, native Mississippian

One of the ways we Mississippians shrug off how well we have done is to make the statement, "Well, I'm just an old mule trader". Bill Ferris seems to have captured just that statement. Here is the tale of a simple man, Ray Lum, born 1 of 9 children who by sheer will became a celebrated livestock trader, a big fish in a small pond so to speak. His charm and wit made him successful in a business full of bootleggers, con men and rattlesnakes. I particularily liked the part when Ray visits the graveyard where his ancestors are "planted". I think it should be required reading in Mississippi Civics classes in high school.