Paul Hemphill

• Sep-1989
• / General Fiction
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This odyssey of long-haul trucking on the open highway is also a probing study of a complex father-son relationship. Jane Hawkins, 69, retired trucker from Birmingham, Ala., hasn't driven a big rig in three years. Proud, defiant Jake is an alcoholic,...

• Dec-2001
• / General Fiction
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A story with a heart of gold about love and the loss of innocence at the bottom of the most minor league in baseball the class D Alabama-Florida League in the 1950s, with a sour old maverick manager, a yearning teenage second baseman, and a black cat...

• Oct-2002
• / Historical
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• Mar-2003
• / General Fiction
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A veteran journalist’s collection of sportswriting on the blue-collar South.Sport mirrors life. Or, in Paul Hemphill’s opinion, “Sport is life.” The 15 pieces in this compelling collection are arranged along the timeline for an aspiring athle...