Summary of Robert Coram's Gully Dirt

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#1 My story began when I was twelve years old and the new Baptist preacher came to town. I experienced sex for the first time, joined the church, and learned that my father was the instrument of a vengeful God.

#2 The preacher at the Edison Baptist Church, Brother Dunagan, wanted to change things up. He had not been in Edison long enough to learn the names of the deacons, so he announced from the pulpit that the church should be open to the public every morning.

#3 My father, who worked for the telephone company, had little in common with the local farmers. He did not want to spend his lunch hour praying, and he did not go to church with them. He hated Ralph McGill, the publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, because he was always bellyaching about the South.

#4 I lived in a culture that was dominated by the word nigger, but my mother was uncomfortable with it. She asked my father not to use that word, and he always replied with something racist.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822563124

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

My story began when I was twelve years old and the new Baptist preacher came to town. I experienced sex for the first time, joined the church, and learned that my father was the instrument of a vengeful God.

#2

The preacher at the Edison Baptist Church, Brother Dunagan, wanted to change things up. He had not been in Edison long enough to learn the names of the deacons, so he announced from the pulpit that the church should be open to the public every morning.

#3

My father, who worked for the telephone company, had little in common with the local farmers. He did not want to spend his lunch hour praying, and he did not go to church with them. He hated Ralph McGill, the publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, because he was always bellyaching about the South.

#4

I lived in a culture that was dominated by the word nigger, but my mother was uncomfortable with it. She asked my father not to use that word, and he always replied with something racist.

#5

I had a very sheltered childhood, and my parents tried to protect me from the harshness of the real world. When I was born, my mother was 18 years old and my father was much older. I never thought much about my parents’ age difference, because my mother was the most beautiful woman in the county.

#6

I was a Scout in Troop 82 in Edison, and my father wanted me to