Jim the Boy

Author: Tony Earley

Set in the tiny town of Aliceville, North Carolina early in the twentieth century when electricity was stringing its way east to west, Jim the Boy is a luminous portrait of ten-year-old Jim and his life with his widowed mother and his three uncles.Jim the Boy gives readers a glimpse at a bygone era. Jim plays baseball, follows “the uncles” around, and climbs greased poles….Read More

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