Ava’s Man

This is an okay book written by Rick Bragg. The author never knew his grandfather, but through research and family stories he was able to gather information about his life. During the Great Depression, along a small strip of land on the Georgia-Alabama border, Charlie Bundrum moved his family 21 times. To keep them alive and out of poverty’s clutches, he worked any menial job available. He was a musician and an adept barterer, and his love of life was undeniable. When he died, he left a legend behind.

The book does a good job of describing the poverty of the depression and it makes me wonder about the lives of my own ancestors.