- Description
Description
In this riveting personal story, award-winning, bestselling country musicrecording artist Merle Haggard takesyou on a tour through his house ofmemories, offering a fascinating lookinside his turbulent yet successful life.Merle reveals the true stories about hisbirth and troubled upbringing in a convertedrailroad boxcar. He recalls the lossof his father when he was nine, after whichhis childhood disobedience transformedinto full-blown delinquency that eventuallylanded him behind the cold walls ofSan Quentin. He gives tribute to hismother and relives the painful memoryof her death. He shares the lessons helearned from a life shaped by violence, gambling, and drugs, never shying awayfrom the fact that he continues to pay fordecades of reckless living. And he talksabout the music he loves--how, ultimately, it has defined the man he is.
Author: Merle Haggard, Tom Carter
Publisher: It Books
Published: 01/01/2011
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780062023216
ISBN10: 0062023217
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Music
- Music | Genres & Styles | Country & Bluegrass | General
- Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts
