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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
St Martins Pr
Publication date
March 6, 2007
Binding
CD/Spoken Word
Edition
Abridged
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781427200396
ISBN-10
1427200394
Dimensions
0.50 by 5 by 6 in.
Weight
0.36 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$29.95
Other format details
audio
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Mississippi Sissy is the stunning memoir from Kevin Sessums, a celebrity journalist who grew up scaring other children, hiding terrible secrets, pretending to be Arlene Frances and running wild in the South.
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As he grew up in Forest, Mississippi, befriended by the family maid, Mattie May, he became a young man who turned the word "sissy" on its head, just as his mother taught him. In Jackson, he is befriended by Eudora Welty and journalist Frank Hains, but when Hains is brutally murdered in his antebellum mansion, Kevin's long road north towards celebrity begins. In a memoir that echoes bestsellers like The Liar's Club, Kevin Sessums brings to life the pungent American south of the 1960s and the world of the strange little boy who grew there.
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As he grew up in Forest, Mississippi, befriended by the family maid, Mattie May, he became a young man who turned the word "sissy" on its head, just as his mother taught him. In Jackson, he is befriended by Eudora Welty and journalist Frank Hains, but when Hains is brutally murdered in his antebellum mansion, Kevin's long road north towards celebrity begins. In a memoir that echoes bestsellers like The Liar's Club, Kevin Sessums brings to life the pungent American south of the 1960s and the world of the strange little boy who grew there.
Editions
Hardcover
from St Martins Pr (March 6, 2007)
9780312341015 | details & prices | 320 pages | 6.75 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $24.95
About: A celebrity journalist chronicles his bullying behaviors throughout his Southern youth, his friendships with such figures as Eudora Welty, and the impact of journalist Frank Hain's murder on his career.
About: A celebrity journalist chronicles his bullying behaviors throughout his Southern youth, his friendships with such figures as Eudora Welty, and the impact of journalist Frank Hain's murder on his career.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Picador USA (March 4, 2008)
9780312341022 | details & prices | 305 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $17.00
Miscellaneous
1 edition from St Martins Pr (March 6, 2007)
9781429917056 | details & prices | List price $9.99
CD/Spoken Word
The price comparison is for this edition
Abridged edition from St Martins Pr (March 6, 2007)
9781427200396 | details & prices | 5.00 × 6.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.36 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Mississippi Sissy is the stunning memoir from Kevin Sessums, a celebrity journalist who grew up scaring other children, hiding terrible secrets, pretending to be Arlene Frances and running wild in the South.
About: Mississippi Sissy is the stunning memoir from Kevin Sessums, a celebrity journalist who grew up scaring other children, hiding terrible secrets, pretending to be Arlene Frances and running wild in the South.
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