{"product_id":"ghosts-of-my-old-dominion-memory-and-history-from-the-new-south-paperback","title":"Ghosts of My Old Dominion: Memory and History from the New South - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGreg Bottoms\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eGhosts of My Old Dominion\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003estares down the long shadow of the Civil War to reveal how the past haunts the present. Author Greg Bottoms presents fourteen autobiographical tales about his experiences growing up in working-class Virginia during the 1970s and 1980s, followed by a meticulously researched novella that considers the horrors and sorrows Walt Whitman faced while caring for sick and wounded soldiers convalescing at hospitals in Virginia and Washington, DC, from 1862 to 1865.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis ingenious blend of memoir, biography, and criticism uncovers not only the ghosts of history but also the ghosts of a life held together despite it all. Bottoms confronts the legacy of racism in the American South, touching on matters of class and religion throughout his formative years and his own family's experience of white flight, and cutting through the noise of our current era to remind us of essential human things. \u003ci\u003eGhosts of My Old Dominion\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of stories and a book \u003ci\u003eabout\u003c\/i\u003e stories--and how even the most intimate moments in a life are always bled through with the colors of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eGreg Bottoms\u003c\/b\u003e is\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ethe author of several books, including the memoirs \u003ci\u003eAngelhead\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLowest White Boy, \u003c\/i\u003e and two books about American outsider artists, \u003ci\u003eThe Colorful Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpiritual American Trash\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, among other outlets. He teaches writing as professor of English at the University of Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.52 x 5.59 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47029992620207,"sku":"9781985903630","price":26.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/7314\/1679\/files\/hOT2iFp2Fz9781985903630.webp?v=1781323009","url":"https:\/\/valuevaultclub.myshopify.com\/products\/ghosts-of-my-old-dominion-memory-and-history-from-the-new-south-paperback","provider":"Value Vault Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}