ADDIE PRAY

by Joe David Brown ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 1, 1971

They say my mama, Miss Essie Mae Loggins, was the wildest girl in Marengo County, Alabama. I couldn't say about that."" Meet Addie, the freshest tongue in the South and one of the world's youngest con artists. She's all of eleven years old and already as slick as a nappin' possum. Addie and ""Long Boy,"" who may or may not be her Daddy, travel the back roads of the Depression ""doing business"" or rather giving the business to the right number of fools they meet along the way. Long Boy is the kind of gentle sharpster who can slip a waitress a five dollar bill and come back with fifty bucks in change. Some of his schemes are outrageous -- particularly the great cotton swindle in which he manages to sell thousands of non-existent bales. But even Long Boy must take a back seat to Major Carter E. Lee, the grandiose shyster they hook up with. Major Lee pawns a willing Addie off as the granddaughter/heir to Grandmama Sass, supposedly one of the richest women in the country. But Addie soon discovers that there is no fortune in escrow. . . or even pennies in the bank. And she decides to help Grandmama recoup her losses. You'll like little Miss Addie as she appears in this slight but thoroughly engaging novel.

Pub Date: Aug. 1, 1971

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1971

Categories: FICTION