The Keepers of Echowah

by Sonny Sammons

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877972699
• ISBN13: 9780877972693
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Cherokee Publishing Company (GA)
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

Extremely Moving!

This book had me laughing one minute and crying incessantly the next. The best I've ever read! We as readers can only hope that Mr. Sammons will enlighten us with future works of art. A truly masterful storyteller!

A Northerner Speaks Out

Although this book is by a Southern author, it's theme is universal. It's a truly touching coming of age story written by a very talented storyteller. I am anxiously awaiting the sequel. I feel compelled to add that although I am currently living in the South, I have lived most of my life in the North and despite this I found this story to be delightful. It is truly one of my favorites.

Not bad for a first-time novelist.

A delightful read, this book nonetheless contained several trite characters and contrived situations. Mr. Sammons was best in detailing the loving, often complex relationship between brothers. He telegraphed some plot developments, but overall, I feel he shows promise as a writer. He seems cut from the mold of Southern writers, who seem to enjoy a certain amount of regional popularity. Would someone not of the South like this book? Probably not. And that is the distinction between a good writer of Southern ways and a regional writer. Mr. Sammons is a fine regional writer, but will probably not attain the status of true Southern icons of the literary world.

Tis book is hilarious, yet touching.

This book , with its details of life on a managed southern plantation, is one of the few books I have ever read that wakes you up in the middle of the night, shaking the bed, because you are remembering some hilarious scene. This author needs to get to work because he has so much talent, he should feel an obligation to get it on paper to be enjoyed. His "oyster" story has to be one of the funniest scenes ever written. He seems to be a combination of Lewis Grizzard and Erskine Caldwell .

Coming of age in South. Great first novel. Next Twain.

This is one of th finest "first novels" I have ever read. Very moving and funny at the same time. Should be required reading for aspiring Southern writers.