Southern Boy: Growing up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the 1920-30s

Armiger Jagoe
iUniverse (2009)
ISBN 9781440144547
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer, PhD, for Reader Views (11/09)

 

Having just returned from my first trip to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, reading “Southern Boy” gave me such wonderful insights into the magical area. Although still somewhat devastated from the hurricane- you can still tell how beautiful it is. The author not only includes recollections of wonderful times during his life, he also includes pictures and descriptions of the people in this area.

Author Jagoe takes us on a journey of simpler times through his own life. Southerners are friendly, help neighbors out and work together to get through the depression. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be like that again?

Can you imagine a time when there weren’t ice boxes, but big blocks of ice that would melt more the farther you lived from the ice plant? How about cars with no roll-up windows? People would sit on their porches sipping mint juleps and watching their neighbors walk by.

If you have never been to the Mississippi coast, I would recommend you read this book first. There is so much history and beauty in this historical town.

The author’s writing is just like having a conversation with him. You can imagine everything he describes as it is in such detail. He also is very positive about his life on the gulf coast and life in general. It is great to read a book like “Southern Boy” by Armiger Jagoe that actually leaves you with the thought “Ahh- those were the times.”

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