Reading about Arkansas
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2Illiniguy71
I do not know of any GREAT Arkansas books, but I can recommend Harry Ashmore's "Arkansas: a Bicentennial History" and as a novel, Jack Butler's "Living in Little Rock with Miss Little Rock." For what it is worth, beauty contests are important in Arkansas and Jack's wife Jamie is a former Miss Little Rock, although the story line of the novel is fictional
3dara85
I really liked A Painted House by John Grisham.
4roalcarlson
Let Us Build Us a City is a tour of eleven towns in Arkansas, all named "xxx City" and the high hopes that surrounded their founding. Not a great book by any means, but interesting and since the list for Arkansas is short, a worthy addition.
5runobodyii
Arkansas is my home state. I too loved John Grisham's A Painted House. Maya Angelou's I know Why the Caged Bird Sings would be on my list, as well as Bill Clinton's My Life. Not so bad company to keep.
6Morphidae
Can I get some more suggestions? I may go with Bill Clinton's My Life. I don't know - I don't usually read anything political. Also, remember this isn't a challenge about authors from the state but books placed in the state. Thanks!
8Morphidae
My books will be Living in Little Rock with Miss Little Rock and I Know Why a Caged Bird Sings.
9dchaikin
Morphidae: For some reason I guessed you would already have read I know why the caged bird sings. Great choice.
11Morphidae
Living in Little Rock with Miss Little Rock was just NASTY. I couldn't get past the first page. I tried reading the first page of the second chapter and it was just as bad. People actually like this book? It makes no sense!
I still need a fiction read for Arkansas. I haven't read any Grisham so I might try A Painted House.
I still need a fiction read for Arkansas. I haven't read any Grisham so I might try A Painted House.
12diganwhiskey
I'm starting on the works of Donald Harington, an author I just discovered who writes about the inhabitants of a mythical Arkansas town called Stay More. He's been compared to the mystical realists.
13bookworm12
Here are a bunch of fiction and nonfiction options for Arkansas...
http://avidreader25.blogspot.com/2012/01/reading-states-arkansas.html
http://avidreader25.blogspot.com/2012/01/reading-states-arkansas.html