When a man is asleep he should be left alone. Period!

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This will give you an idea just how big that river is!


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On the one hand I thoroughly enjoyed this book but on the other hand I kept feeling a bit of forced guilt on the behalf of the author. Frank Beacham was anything but a Southern apologist, which he shouldn’t be anyway, I felt the story was written to attach himself and distance himself at the same time.

That being said Frank Beacham has done a wonderful job at telling the stories. There were three stories covered in the book: The origin of the shag – the official dance of South Carolina, the Orangeburg police massacre of non-violent students at South Carolina State University in the late 1960’s and the tale of a bloody crackdown in Beacham’s hometown during the Great Depression which has repurcussions to this day. (The author discovered via friends that the aggression was started by none other than his own grandfather!)

The stories are interesting and compelling. I’m glad I read it.

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WHITEWASH: A Southern Journey Through Music, Mayhem & Murder by Frank Beacham

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The maid cleaned today then hurricane Caia rolled through! The “terribles” don’t necessarily end at two…

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Many people don’t know that the name of my holding company in Bangkok is:

Razorback Company Ltd.

As such I had some Razorback stickers made up an stuck to the outer and inner doors. I never forget where I am from!

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I had just finished a long short day

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This was the sign outside the door at Sylvana Avakian’s house in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I took this especially for my good friend, Tony Avakian, her cousin. Tony had me look Sylvana up when I was in Ethiopia in March of 2009.

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Howard is putting forward his best tuk tuk driver charms for some young Thai lasses heading home at about 0300 hrs on October 31st, 2009. That night was a real burner.

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Gary Dale Cearley – Author & Columnist

Gary Dale Cearley is an expatriate author and columnist who is based currently in Bangkok, Thailand, after having lived many years in Vietnam, Korea and many cities in the United States. He is the author of two books and was born and raised in rural Arkansas.

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