Hemphill, Paul (James)

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HEMPHILL, Paul (James)

HEMPHILL, Paul (James). American, b. 1936. Genres: Social commentary, Autobiography/Memoirs, Novels, Essays, Race relations. Career: Sports writer and gen. columnist for newspapers in the American South, 1958-69. Publications: The Nashville Sound, 1970; (with Ivan Allen) Mayor: Notes on the Sixties, 1970; The Good Old Boys, 1974; Long Gone, 1979; Too Old to Cry, 1981; The Six Killer Chronicles, 1985; Me and the Boy, 1986; King of the Road, 1989; The Heart of the Game: The Education of a Minor League Ballplayer, 1996; Wheels, 1997.