Whoa Yonder! was written for all those people who did not grow up on a farm...a real farm....a farm in the mid 1900's when Mrs. Willie Mae still milked Brownie, when Mr. Massey still rolled Prince Albert, and when a good used bicycle could be bought for $8. When rabbits could be peddled in northwest Moultrie at night for 25 cent a piece, and sex education was taught at the ends of long rows of tobacco. When a stranger might be offered a coke by George Wood up at the store, or when neighbors would park their trucks and help a neighbor tote watermelons out of a boggy field.Whoa Yonder! is a detailed and vivid account of life on a South Georgia farm in the 1950's...you will hear the chant of the tobacco auctioneer, and feel the heat of burning sand as you help irrigate tobacco...or maybe the terror of a barn being struck by lightning. The people of the rural South come to life...the street evangelist on the Courthouse Square, or family stories being told at the backyard fish fry. You'll hear all about Mama chewing Pittman out for his cussing at the red barn, and perhaps you'll cry when Red is put down. A visit to the farm, and a place and people you will never forget. "If I'm lyin...I'm dyin!"
About the Author: Keith Murphy was born in 1948 in Moultrie, Georgia. He grew up on the family farm, and attended public schools before graduating from Mercer University in 1970. Four years later he graduated from Walter F. George Law School, and returned to Moultrie to practice law from 1974 until 2001. Keith took early retirement from his law practice, and moved to the mountains of North Georgia. After ten years in Blairsville, he recently relocated to Fernandina Beach, Florida. His interests include guitar, old Delta blues, and experiencing off-the-wall adventures. He recently had a little excitement on the Rio das Mortes in Mato Grosso, Brazil, and a less dangerous adventure as a semi driver criss-crossing the United States. His next project is recreating a neighborhood corner market in Fernandina. Topping his bucket list, is a horseback crossing of the lower Andes Mountains. Meanwhile, he enjoys aggravating his conservative friends on Facebook, and doing the unexpected. Keith's characters in this non-fiction memoir about his youth, are just as real as the Atlantic Ocean is big. Whoa Yonder! is intended to be both enertaining and enlightening.