{"product_id":"blood-bone-and-marrow-a-biography-of-harry-crews-paperback","title":"Blood, Bone, and Marrow: A Biography of Harry Crews - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTed Geltner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Connelly\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2010, Ted Geltner drove to Gainesville, Florida, to pay a visit to Harry Crews and ask the legendary author if he would be willing to be the subject of a literary biography. His health rapidly deteriorating, Crews told Geltner he was on board and would even sit for interviews and tell his stories one last time. \"Ask me anything you want, bud,\" Crews said. \"But you'd better do it quick.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is \u003ci\u003eBlood, Bone, and Marrow\u003c\/i\u003e, the first full-length biography of one of the most unlikely figures in twentieth-century American literature, a writer who emerged from a dirt-poor South Georgia tenant farm and went on to create a singularly unique voice of fiction. With books such as \u003ci\u003eScar Lover\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBody\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNaked in Garden Hills, \u003c\/i\u003e Crews opened a new window into southern life, focusing his lenson the poor and disenfranchised, the people who skinned the hogs and tended the fields, the \"grits,\" as Crews affectionately called his characters and himself. He lived by a code of his own design, flouting authority and baring his soul, and the stories of his whiskey-and-blood-soaked lifestyle created a myth to match any of his fictional creations. His outlaw life, his distinctive voice and the context in which he lived combine to form the elements of a singularly compelling narrative about an underappreciated literary treasure.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTED GELTNER is an associate professor of journalism at Valdosta State University, adviser to the campus newspaper, and author of \u003ci\u003eLast King of the Sports Page: The Life and Career of Jim Murray\u003c\/i\u003e. He worked for seventeen years as a writer and editor at a number of newspapers, including the\u003ci\u003e Gainesville Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eScranton Times-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eOcala Star-Banner\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 462\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.15 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468564873469,"sku":"9780820351391","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/UTYzQ3cwVmpkbEFTa0F4VHU2RVhZQT09.webp?v=1777290471","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/blood-bone-and-marrow-a-biography-of-harry-crews-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}