Book description
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…
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1 author picked The Whisper of the River as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The book is a treasure of rich prose, as well as a rollicking read with a whisper of an undercurrent of what it means to be raised right and to do the right thing.
Porter J. Osborne, Jr., the protagonist, is unforgettable in his journey to learn who he is. We tag along through Osborne’s immature pranks and awkwardness in his college years. A professor advises: “You are so young and, to be perfectly honest, you are so callow, so unformed. And yet there is something about you, a drive, a spark, a toughness of spirit, a completely unpredictable gift…
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