Where I Come From: Tales from the Pineywoods

“They say places like Dry Creek no longer exist.” In Where I Come From, Curt Iles takes readers on a memorable journey to his beloved Dry Creek, Louisiana home. In his fourteenth book, Iles shares sixty short stories celebrating the rural culture, history, and people of the Louisiana Pineywoods. Written in the warm style loved by his readers, Curt writes in a resonant voice that elicits laughter and tears, often in the same story. Part travelogue, history book, social commentary, and chock full of memorable tales, Where I Come From is a book readers will find difficult to put down. Curt Iles shares the joys and challenges of growing up amidst four generations of family in a centuries-old log house known as the Old House. All his stories boil down to relationships, and Curt’s stories are a reminder that relationships are the only things that really matter. “Tell me where you’re from, and I will tell you who you are.” -Wallace Stegner Curt writes from the Pineywoods[SI5] of western Louisiana. He shares through captivating stories about how his ancestors began arriving in the ‘No Man’s Land’ area when Louisiana became a state in 1812. They carved homesteads from the vast longleaf pine forests and made it their home. Curt still owns a piece of that land in Dry Creek and shares stories passed down through these generations of his people. Where I Come From is a love letter to the people, land, and the unique culture called the Pineywoods. “I was born in a small Southern town. I grew up with my family and friends all around . . . “ -Jason Isbell
ASIN: 0970523661
VSKU: GBV.0970523661.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Iles, Curt
Binding: Paperback
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