{"title":"Ferrol Sams","description":"Ferrol Sams is a physician, humorist, storyteller, and the bestselling author of eight novels rooted in the oral tradition of southern humor and folklore. He lives in Fayetteville, Georgia.","products":[{"product_id":"the-whisper-of-the-river-paperback","title":"The Whisper of the River - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe bittersweet and very funny story of a young man's journey to adulthood that the \u003ci\u003eNashville Banner\u003c\/i\u003e called \"Americana at its best.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Young for his class and small for his age, Porter Osborne, Jr., leaves his rural Georgia home in 1938 to meet the world at Willingham University, armed with the knowledge that he has been \"Raised Right\" in the best Baptist tradition. What happens over the next four years will challenge the things he holds infallible: his faith, his heritage, and his parents' omniscience. As we follow Porter's college career, full of outrageous pranks and ribald humor, we sense a quiet, constant flow toward maturity. Peppered with memorable characters and resonant with details of place and time, \u003ci\u003eThe Whisper of the River\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with the richness of spirit that makes great fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Wry, incisive, delicately structured, emotionally complex, and hilarious.\" -- \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104040915167,"sku":"9780140083873","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/vasnJ1QIGM9780140083873.webp?v=1781099916"},{"product_id":"when-all-the-world-was-young-paperback","title":"When All the World Was Young - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Ferrol Sams is a natural-born storyteller with a puckish wit, an obsession with words, and a rare ability to encapsule every off-center character who stumbles into his ken.\" - \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal \u0026amp; Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The year is 1942 and Porter Osborne, Jr., is safely ensconced in medical school. He is physically safe, though taunted by the beckoning finger of Uncle Sam. Haunted by the family motto, \"Remember who you are,\" Porter wrestles with a flood of conflicting emotions. A year later, the conflicts still unresolved, he is an enlisted man in the U.S. Army. In the face of incomprehensible delays and inefficiency, he wonders how America will ever prevail in the world war. Surgical Technician PFC Porter Osborne finally lands at Omaha Beach and joins the Allied fight against Germany. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The final novel in the trilogy that began with \u003ci\u003eRun with the Horsemen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Whisper of the River, When All the World Was Young \u003c\/i\u003econtinues the story of young Porter Osborne with the supreme wit and wisdom that readers have come to expect from the inimitable Ferrol Sams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"With his mastery of words, his skills as storyteller supreme and his highly believable attention to detail... Sams remains a master yarn-spinner.\" - \u003ci\u003eNashville Banner\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104490655967,"sku":"9780140172270","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/9QDbfth3I-9780140172270.webp?v=1781108425"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/ferrol-sams.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}