Weedy Rough

by Douglas C. Jones

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0030509319
• ISBN13: 9780030509315
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Holt McDougal
• Length: 345 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Arkansas Americana

Old-fashioned storyteller Jones sets this tale in the small northwest Arkansas town of "Weedy Rough" in the years after WWI. It starts with a bank robbery, possibly by former residents of the area. Like most of Jones' stories, it features well-developed, believable characters who are involved in day-to-day activities that are historically accurate. The reader sees how backwoods, hill-country ("rednecks") are being changed by the new fangled inventions like electricity and automobiles. Here's a quote about Wart, the small white dog: "And he was sensitive. He didn't enjoy having people watch him eat, and when he felt the urge, he would go to the barn lot, hunker down, and look over his shoulder to ensure that no one was there to watch him make his deposit." Did Wart's master become a bank robbing killer? The ending of this story is it's strongest section!

Great Bit of Story Telling

This is a often overlooked book. Wonderful story telling here and the author has a wonderful command of the language. This is a short, quick read, but well worth it...if you can find a copy in print. Highly recommend this work.