Captain Billy's troopers :: a writer's life /
"In this audacious memoir, William Cobb reveals the tumultuous creative life of a distinguished practitioner of southern and Alabama storytelling. As poignant and inspiring as his own fiction, Captain Billy's Troopers traces Cobb's early life, education, and struggles with alcohol and...
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| Sprache: | English |
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| Zusammenfassung: | "In this audacious memoir, William Cobb reveals the tumultuous creative life of a distinguished practitioner of southern and Alabama storytelling. As poignant and inspiring as his own fiction, Captain Billy's Troopers traces Cobb's early life, education, and struggles with alcohol and the debilitating condition normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). Like a curving river, the broad sweep of Cobb's turbulent life includes both startling cataracts and desultory eddies, leading sometimes into shadows or opening into unexpected sunlight. With unsentimental clarity, Cobb recounts coming of age in his native Demopolis in the churning middle years of the twentieth century. It's there he has his first tantalizing tastes of alcohol and begins to drink habitually. Readers then travel with Cobb to Livingston University (now the University of West Alabama) and then on to Vanderbilt University. Along the way, readers relish his first experiences of love and success as a writer, leading to a career as a professor of writing at Alabama College (now the University of Montevallo) in 1963. From there Cobb's struggles with alcohol and depression lead to elongated years of tumbling creative output and the collapse of his marriage. The summer of 1984 found Cobb in rehab, the first step in his path to recovery. His unflinching memoir narrates both the milestones and telling details of his intense therapy and years in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). In the sober thirty years since, Cobb has published a string of critically praised novels and a prize-winning collection of short stories. The capstone of his comeback was winning the Harper Lee Award in 2007 for distinguished fiction writing. In 2000, shortly after retiring, Cobb developed NPH, which upset his sense of balance and triggered dementia symptoms and other maladies. Nine years later in 2009, brain surgery brought Cobb a dramatic recovery, which began the third act in his writing career. Vital, honest, and entertaining, Captain Billy's Troopers captures the life of an Alabama original."-- |
| Beschreibung: | Includes index. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780817388751 0817388753 |
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| spelling | Cobb, William, 1937- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjJ8D6R4Cg4DKkfPpdrqpP http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89610352 Captain Billy's troopers : a writer's life / William Cobb. Tuscaloosa : University Alabama Press, 2015. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 18, 2015). Includes index. "In this audacious memoir, William Cobb reveals the tumultuous creative life of a distinguished practitioner of southern and Alabama storytelling. As poignant and inspiring as his own fiction, Captain Billy's Troopers traces Cobb's early life, education, and struggles with alcohol and the debilitating condition normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). Like a curving river, the broad sweep of Cobb's turbulent life includes both startling cataracts and desultory eddies, leading sometimes into shadows or opening into unexpected sunlight. With unsentimental clarity, Cobb recounts coming of age in his native Demopolis in the churning middle years of the twentieth century. It's there he has his first tantalizing tastes of alcohol and begins to drink habitually. Readers then travel with Cobb to Livingston University (now the University of West Alabama) and then on to Vanderbilt University. Along the way, readers relish his first experiences of love and success as a writer, leading to a career as a professor of writing at Alabama College (now the University of Montevallo) in 1963. From there Cobb's struggles with alcohol and depression lead to elongated years of tumbling creative output and the collapse of his marriage. The summer of 1984 found Cobb in rehab, the first step in his path to recovery. His unflinching memoir narrates both the milestones and telling details of his intense therapy and years in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). In the sober thirty years since, Cobb has published a string of critically praised novels and a prize-winning collection of short stories. The capstone of his comeback was winning the Harper Lee Award in 2007 for distinguished fiction writing. In 2000, shortly after retiring, Cobb developed NPH, which upset his sense of balance and triggered dementia symptoms and other maladies. Nine years later in 2009, brain surgery brought Cobb a dramatic recovery, which began the third act in his writing career. Vital, honest, and entertaining, Captain Billy's Troopers captures the life of an Alabama original."-- Provided by publisher English. Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Chapter Eighteen; Chapter Nineteen; Chapter Twenty; Chapter Twenty-one; Chapter Twenty-two Cobb, William, 1937- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89610352 Cobb, William, 1937- fast Authors, American 20th century Biography. Alcoholism Biography. Storytelling Alabama. Hydrocephalus. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85063378 Écrivains américains 20e siècle Biographies. Alcoolisme Biographies. Art de conter Alabama. Hydrocéphalie. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Literary. bisacsh LITERARY CRITICISM American General. bisacsh Alcoholism fast Authors, American fast Hydrocephalus fast Storytelling fast Alabama fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRCDtKdF7vHd4P467qDY 1900-1999 fast autobiographies (literary works) aat Autobiographies fast Biographies fast Autobiographies. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026047 Biographies. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049 Autobiographies. rvmgf Biographies. rvmgf has work: Captain Billy's troopers (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFyrgT93DXvhHBh6XBMbbb https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Erscheint auch als: Druck-Ausgabe Cobb, William. Captain Billy's Troopers . A Writer's Life FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1046989 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Cobb, William, 1937- Captain Billy's troopers : a writer's life / Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Chapter Eighteen; Chapter Nineteen; Chapter Twenty; Chapter Twenty-one; Chapter Twenty-two Cobb, William, 1937- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89610352 Cobb, William, 1937- fast Authors, American 20th century Biography. Alcoholism Biography. Storytelling Alabama. Hydrocephalus. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85063378 Écrivains américains 20e siècle Biographies. Alcoolisme Biographies. Art de conter Alabama. Hydrocéphalie. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Literary. bisacsh LITERARY CRITICISM American General. bisacsh Alcoholism fast Authors, American fast Hydrocephalus fast Storytelling fast |
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