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The Whisper of the River
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The Whisper of the River Paperback - 1986

by Ferrol Sams


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The bittersweet and very funny story of a young man's journey to adulthood that the Nashville Banner called "Americana at its best." Young for his class and small for his age, Porter Osborne, Jr., leaves his rural Georgia home in 1938 to meet the world at Willingham University, armed with the knowledge that he has been "Raised Right" in the best Baptist tradition. What happens over the next four years will challenge the things he holds infallible: his faith, his heritage, and his parents' omniscience. As we follow Porter's college career, full of outrageous pranks and ribald humor, we sense a quiet, constant flow toward maturity. Peppered with memorable characters and resonant with details of place and time, The Whisper of the River is filled with the richness of spirit that makes great fiction. "Wry, incisive, delicately structured, emotionally complex, and hilarious." -- Atlanta Magazine

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  • Title The Whisper of the River
  • Author Ferrol Sams
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 544
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1986-02-04
  • ISBN 9780140083873 / 0140083871
  • Weight 0.79 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.74 x 5.05 x 0.99 in (19.66 x 12.83 x 2.51 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Demographic Orientation: Small Town
    • Topical: Coming of Age
  • Library of Congress subjects Georgia - Fiction, College stories
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 85012243
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Ferrol Sams is a physician, humorist, storyteller, and the bestselling author of eight novels rooted in the oral tradition of southern humor and folklore. He lives in Fayetteville, Georgia.
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