IT'S A BIG COUNTRY

by Ben Lucien Burman ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 8, 1956

Taking in ""America off the Highway"", Ben Lucien Berman ties together a sheaf of sketches with intriguing encounters with old Uncle Anse, a trailer-traveling man whose choral comments lead to the episodes. Traveling in people, as he puts it, the author finds off beaten path color riding the Wild Missouri with the river-men, witnessing Cumberland justice or a fox race in the hills, encountering in the bayou country and Seminole court procedures in the Everglades, sailing with the shrimp fleet. With an ear for a good story and an eye for the aura of an area and a life-way, he generally evokes an atmosphere that is highly satisfactory, but some of the sketches lack this quality. Altogether easy loping.

Pub Date: Nov. 8, 1956

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Viking-Reynal

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 1956

Categories: NONFICTION