Southern Ladies & Gentlemen

Author: Florence King
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312099150
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
A tongue-in-cheek look at society in the modern South and the regional styles of behavior characteristic of members of the two sexes is updated with a new afterword.

Southern Ladies and Gentlemen

Author: Florence King
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 9780553253023
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
Looking for guidance in understanding the ways and means of Southern culture? Look no further. Florence King's celebrated field guide to the land below the Mason-Dixon Line is now blissfully back in print, just in time for the Clinton era. The Failed Souther Lady's classic primer on Dixie manners captures such storied types as the Southern Woman (frigid, passionate, sweet, bitchy, and scatterbrained--all at the same time), the Self-Rejuvenating Virgin, and the Good Ole Boy in all his coats and stripes. (The Clinton questions--is he a G.O.B. or isn't he?--Miss king covers in her hilarious new Afterword.) No one has ever made more sharp, scathing, affectionate, real sense out of the land of the endless Civil War than Florence King in these razor-edged pages.

Southern Ladies and Gentlemen

Author: Florence Virginia King
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780553127522
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady

Author: Florence King
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466816260
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady is Florence King's classic memoir of her upbringing in an eccentric Southern family, told with all the uproarious wit and gusto that has made her one of the most admired writers in the country. Florence may have been a disappointment to her Granny, whose dream of rearing a Perfect Southern Lady would never be quite fulfilled. But after all, as Florence reminds us, "no matter which sex I went to bed with, I never smoked on the street."

Southern Ladies and Gentleman

Author: Florence King
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780553234923
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady

Author: Florence King
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312050631
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
Florence King's hilarious memoir of being reared in an eccentric Southern family by a grande dame grandmother who tried to hammer her into the shape of a true Southern lady. Was Granny successful? That is for the readers to decide, but they'll laugh uproariously as they do.

Ladies and Gentlemen on Display

Author: Charlene M. Boyer Lewis
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813920801
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316

Book Description
Written as a dissertation in history at the U. of Virginia, this study recreates the societal mores displayed at summer resorts at Virginia Springs from 1790-1860, as this was recorded in the letters and other archives of families who sojourned there. Lewis (history, Widener U.) suggests that her history provides a new insight into plantation society by recording responses to unusual events and lack of routine. She supplements the account with some analysis of the sources for the romantic and idealistic views of this culture. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Southern Gentlemen

Author: Jennifer Blake
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459235762
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
In some small Southern towns the old ways still exist. Breeding counts and the old boys hold court. Everyone has a place and no one's supposed to cross the line. But rules are made to be broken... In Southern Gentlemen, authors Jennifer Blake and Emilie Richards deliver two contemporary stories of family, love and betrayal, all set against the colorful backdrop of the Deep South. This is their South—filled with old families, old money and old grudges. A place where the finest women are ladies and the best men are gentlemen. And where men from the wrong side of town have more honor than all the blue bloods combined.

Ladies And Gentlemen Of The Jury

Author: Michael S. Lief
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471108546
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 609

Book Description
In the hands of a skilled trial lawyer, the closing argument offers the courtroom's greatest dramatic possiblilities. It is the advocate's last opportunity to convince the jury of their version of the "truth" before the defendent's fate is sealed. Every argument included here is a finely crafted verbal work of art - they represent the modern-day, highest form of an ancient profession and art: that of the storyteller. The only available collection of great closing arguments - complete with insightful analysis and biographical profiles of the lawyers involved - this fascinating volume gathers the passionate finales of the most celebrated cases in history. Included are the climactic closes to the Nuremberg War Trials; Gerry Spence's crusade against the Kerr-McGee Nuclear Power Plant after the mysterious death of Karen Silkwood; Vincent Bugliosi's successful prosecution of cult leader Charles Manson and his followers; the astounding acquittal of John Delorean despite video evidence of his offences and the prosecution resulting from the Mai Lai massacre.

When Did White Trash Become the New Normal?

Author: Charlotte Hays
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
ISBN: 1621571602
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
Tattoos. Unwed pregnancy. Giving up on shaving…showering…and employment. These used to be signatures of a trashy individual. Now they’re the new norm. What happened to etiquette, hygiene, and self restraint? Charlotte Hays, Southern gentlewoman extraordinaire, takes a humorous look at the spread of white trash culture to all levels of American society.