My House of Memories - by Merle Haggard & Tom Carter (Paperback)

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In this riveting personal story, award-winning, bestselling country musicrecording artist Merle Haggard takesyou on a tour through his house ofmemories, offering a fascinating lookinside his turbulent yet successful life.Merle reveals the true stories about hisbirth and troubled upbringing in a convertedrailroad boxcar. He recalls the lossof his father when he was nine, after whichhis childhood disobedience transformedinto full-blown delinquency that eventuallylanded him behind the cold walls ofSan Quentin. He gives tribute to hismother and relives the painful memoryof her death. He shares the lessons helearned from a life shaped by violence, gambling, and drugs, never shying awayfrom the fact that he continues to pay fordecades of reckless living. And he talksabout the music he loves--how, ultimately, it has defined the man he is.

Review Quotes

Revealing...Haggard is nothing if not honest. - Boston Herald

Haggard remains perhaps the dominant musical influence in Nashville...Today, his very name, like George Jones's, has become a metonym for country music itself. - Newsweek