Growing up in Alabama, Rick Bragg awoke every morning to a nutritious breakfast, followed by backbreaking labor. Later, he would wake up to horrid weather, work deadlines, and the smell of food he could afford. Bragg's memoir All Over but the Shoutin' tells the story of his utterly Southern family, descriptive career in journalism, and explains his difficulty integrating the two. The remarkable thing about his journey is not the defined distinction between his childhood and adulthood; it is the reality
In All Over but the Shoutin’, Rick Bragg describes in his autobiography the type of life Southerners went through during the 1970s. Growing up during that time period was an extremely difficult for people because it involved racism, poverty, and segregation. Rick reflects on his impoverished childhood life story living in Alabama with an abusive alcoholic father, his two brothers Mark and Sam, and his mother who supported her family without anyone’s help. Rick demonstrates his experiences living