Acclaimed Southern author Dennis Covington was a National Book Award finalist. Redneck Riviera is the true story of Covington's bizarre encounters with a lawless band of gun-toting swamp-dwellers in Central Florida who've illegally claimed the two-and-a-half acres of land he inherited from his father.
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"Fantastic non-fiction read. Alas, the great Punkin' Brown died of a snake bite a few years back. Covington's other books don't quite measure up to this one. " — Gooby (4 out of 5 stars)
"Fantastic non-fiction read. Alas, the great Punkin' Brown died of a snake bite a few years back. Covington's other books don't quite measure up to this one. "
" I didn't think it was particularly well written. I will never understand the purpose of snake handling but that doesn't keep me from being fascinated by it. "
" It made me want to hold snakes. But only for a moment. "
Dennis Covington is the author of two novels and three nonfiction books. His book Salvation on Sand Mountain was a National Book Award finalist and is a classic, and his articles have been published in the New York Times and Vogue. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and earned a BA degree from the University of Virginia. He earned his MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, studying under Raymond Carver, and currently teaches creative writing at Texas Tech University.
Ed Sala has narrated dozens of audio books throughout his career. His readings include Harlan Coben’s Tell No One, Stephen Sears’ Gettysburg, and Cormac MacCarthy’s Outer Dark.
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