The Prince of Frogtown (31 page)

This Is a Borzoi Book Published by Alfred A. Knopf

Copyright © 2008 by Rick Bragg

All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.

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Portions of this work originally appeared in
Best Life
magazine.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bragg, Rick.

The prince of Frogtown / Rick Bragg.—1st ed.

p.                            cm.

“A Borzoi Book.”

1. Bragg, Rick. 2. Fathers and sons. 3. Stepfathers. 4. Journalists—United States—Biography. 5. Working class whites—Alabama—Biography. 6. Alabama—Biography. I. Title.

CT
275.
B
5946
A
3 2008

976.1'063092—
DC
22

[B]                                                                2007038884

eISBN: 978-0-307-26932-4

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