Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg | 
 enlarge | Author: Rick Bragg
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 41619
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0375725520
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.0973
EAN: 9780375725524
ASIN: 0375725520
Publication Date: August 28, 2001
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Product Description
With his bestselling All Over but the Shoutin', Rick Bragg gave us memorable stories of his own childhood. In Somebody Told Me, he offers the best of his work as a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist writing the remarkable stories of others.
For twenty years, Bragg has focused his efforts on the common man. So while some of these stories are about people whose names we know-such as Susan Smith, the South Carolina mother who drowned her two sons-most are people whose names we've never heard, people who have survived tornadoes and swamps, racism and bombs. In incisive, unadorned prose that is nonetheless strikingly beautiful, these pieces rise above journalism to become literature and show the triumph of the human spirit.
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Great Stories August 31, 2008
I am a huge Rick Bragg fan, and enjoyed this collection of his previously published newspaper articles.
Terse prose July 21, 2008
Bragg's writing is powerfully humanizing. It's also beautiful and inspiring to read, not just because of the subjects he chooses, but in his prose. Wonderful light reading, and the short newspaper-story formats make it ideal for travel reading.
Storytelling by a real storyteller!! July 2, 2008
Rick Bragg knows how to capture a readers attention by his style of get to the point writing. No boring, drawn out, unneccessary words or wording. Very refreshing read. A chance to learn things about ordinary people and events that you may have never heard about or known. Thought provoking. This should be the next read in Oprah's book club.
 Not like his novels June 8, 2008
If you loved Ava's man, all over but the Shoutin, etc., as I did you might be disappointed. These are simply news stories from his paper days. Well written but just news.
Somebody told me by Rick Bragg May 13, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is the newpaper stories by Rick Bragg.If you like his style of writting, this book is one of his best.Moving stories about ordinary individualsat the moments that are most revealing.Rick Bragg makes you feel like you are there with him in each story.
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