Front porch tales : warm-hearted stories of family, faith, laughter, and love
Title:
Front porch tales : warm-hearted stories of family, faith, laughter, and love
Author:
Gulley, Philip.
ISBN:
9780060006273
Edition:
1st HarperCollins ed.
Publication Information:
[San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, c2001.
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Summary
Summary
Discover the honesty, humor, depth, and wisdom of the front porch in this inspirational masterpiece of soulful small-town stories, which has garnered widespread acclaim for Quaker writer Philip Gulley. Reminiscent of the stories of Jan Karon and Garrison Keillor, this collection of real-life tales grew outof essays Gulley wrote for the newsletter of the Quaker church he pastored inIndiana. Graced with a gentle style and deft simplicity, these stories powerfully conjure the little truths of everyday life.
Philip Gulley is gifted with the rare ability to convey the extraordinary moments and insights of ordinary people. Join thousands of satisfied readers on the front porch of this consummate American storyteller.
Excerpts
Excerpts
Front Porch Tales Warm Hearted Stories of Family, Faith, Laughter and Love Growing Roots Had an old neighbor when I was growing up named Doctor Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. Every time I saw him, he was wearing denim overalls and a straw hat, the front brim of which was green sunglass plastic. He smiled a lot, a smile that matched his hat-old and crinkly and wellworn. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard. I remember him as someone who was a lot nicer than circumstances warranted. When Doctor Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. His house sat on ten acres, and his life-goal was to make it a forest. The good doctor had some interesting theories concerning plant husbandry. He came from the "No pain, no gain" school of horticulture. He never watered his new trees, which flew in the face of conventional wisdom. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you water them, each successive tree generation will grow weaker and weaker. So you have to make things rough for them and weed out the weenie trees early on ... Front Porch Tales Warm Hearted Stories of Family, Faith, Laughter and Love . Copyright © by Philip Gulley. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold. Excerpted from Front Porch Tales: Warm Hearted Stories of Family, Faith, Laughter and Love by Philip Gulley All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.Books
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English
2001
1997
Gulley, Philip.
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Christian life -- Quaker authors.
Gulley, Philip -- Anecdotes.
Gulley, Philip.
Gulley, Philip.
Christian life -- Anecdotes.
Christian life -- Quaker authors.
242 G
Originally published: Sisters, Or. : Multnomah Books, c1997.
Christian life -- Anecdotes.
Christian life -- Quaker authors.
Gulley, Philip -- Anecdotes.
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1
2
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HarperSanFrancisco,
Christian life -- Anecdotes.
2001
2001,
1997
Front porch tales : warm-hearted stories of family, faith, laughter, and love
Gulley, Philip-Anecdotes.
2001
1997
9780060006273
174 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
[San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, c2001.
1st HarperCollins ed.
Philip. Gulley
Front porch tales : warm-hearted stories of family, faith, laughter, and love
Non-Fiction
Adult
Cabell County Public Library
Book
0
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1001305814
242 G
Cabell
ITEM
Non-Fiction
Adult
Guyandotte Public Library
Book
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1001302763
242 G
Cabell
ITEM
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