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My Daddy Was a Pistol and I'm a Son of A Gun

by Lewis Grizzard · 1986

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With affection, longing and hilarity, bestselling author Lewis Grizzard looks back on life with his hard-drinking, wandering father. This is a compelling, often hilarious portrait of a loving man who faced failure but always remained an inspiration to his son. "A sad book, a funny book, a very human book".—The Courier-Times.

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adult
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medium · 304 pages

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