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Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck
Villard
November 2007
On Sale: November 13, 2007
256 pages
ISBN: 0345499336
EAN: 9780345499332
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Country music superstar Trace Adkins isn’t exactly known for
holding back what’s on his mind. And if the millions of
albums he’s sold are any indication, when Trace talks,
people listen. Now, in A Personal Stand, Trace Adkins
delivers his maverick manifesto on politics, personal
responsibility, fame, parenting, being true to yourself,
hard work, and the way things oughta be.
In his
inimitable pull-no-punches style, Trace gives us the state
of the union as he sees it, from the lessons of his boyhood
in small-town Louisiana to what he’s learned headlining
concerts around the world. Trace has worked oil rigs in the
Gulf of Mexico, been shot in the heart, been inducted into
the Grand Ole Opry, and braved perhaps the greatest
challenge of all: being the father of five daughters. And
shaped by these experiences, he’s sounding off.
• I’m
incredibly frustrated with the state of American politics.
If there were a viable third party, I’d seriously consider
joining it.
• If anybody wonders who the good guys are
and who the bad guys are in this world, just look at the way
we teach our children as opposed to the way the
fundamentalist Muslims teach their children.
• Organized
labor now exists for the sake of organized labor, and not
for the workers it once protected.
• I believe the
easiest way to solve the illegal immigration enforcement
problem is to go after the employers who hire illegal
aliens.
• As a society, we’re unwilling to sacrifice our
luxuries and our conveniences in order to conserve. We won’t
change until we’re forced to.
• The war on terror is like
herpes. People can live with it, but it’ll flare up from
time to time.
Brash, ballsy, persuasive, and
controversial, A Personal Stand isn’t just the story of
Trace Adkins’s life; it’s the story of what life can teach
all of us.
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