Jim the Boy
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| Author | Tony Earley |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Little Brown |
| Released | June 2000 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 240 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-316-19964-8 (first edition, hardback) |
Jim the Boy is a coming-of-age novel by Tony Earley, published by Little, Brown and Co. in 2000. It details a year in the life of a boy who we only know as "Jim," as he grows up in a small town in North Carolina. His father, having died ten years ago, left him in the care of his three uncles, on whose farm Jim has become a farmhand.
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Nashville Musician Paul Burch, Earley's neighbor at the time, was asked to write an album based on the storylines and characters in the book. The album Last of My Kind was released by Merge Records in 2001.
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