For decades, Georgia native Lewis Grizzard was a Southern institution, penning a beloved column in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and turning out 25 books of his patented down-home humorincluding Elvis Is Dead and I Dont Feel So Good Myself and If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, Im Gonna Nail My Feet to the Groundbefore his death in 1994, at the early age of 47. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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For decades, Georgia native Lewis Grizzard was a Southern institution, penning a beloved column in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and turning out 25 books of his patented down-home humorincluding Elvis Is Dead and I Dont Feel So Good Myself and If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, Im Gonna Nail... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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