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BOOK REVIEW: The Real Duke of Hazzard
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by: Laura V. Hilton Dancing Word Reviewer
Title: The Real Duke of Hazzard (The Jerry Rushing Story) Author: Michael D. Barnes with Jerry Rushing Publisher: Creation House ISBN: 1-59185-899-2 Genre: Inspirational/Nonfiction/Biography
Jerry Elijah Rushing was born into a bootlegging family. He naturally followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and became a fearless bootlegger. He ran over two million gallons of whiskey and thrived on fast cars and high-speed chases.
When he was only six years old, his father started him out in the family ‘business,’ and Jerry earned the nickname of ‘Snake’, something he still goes by.
Eventually, Jerry grew to be filled with anger and desperation and finally, his praying wife, was able to point him to the way of the cross where Jerry found Christ. Now he wants to tell everyone what Jesus did for him.
Jerry Rushing is the man behind the series The Dukes of Hazzard, the man who inspired the story. His real life story has a lot in common with the popular television series, including the sexy cousin who wears short-shorts and helps with the bootlegging business.
I enjoyed reading The Real Duke of Hazzard, although I really couldn’t relate to Jerry. The story is written in a narration style, so you really aren’t shown everything that is happening. I was rather irritated at Mr. Rushing during parts of his story as he seemed incredibly stupid, like the time he got drunk and went skinny dipping in freezing temperatures. However, he did have a lot of intelligence also, like knowing to hide his car in the woods when he had car troubles instead of working on it out in the open, since he was wanted by the police for his illegal activities.
When the police finally catch up with Mr. Rushing, a preacher who cared for Rushing’s family arranges probation instead of jail time. But Rushing isn’t a believer, so even that kind act wasn’t enough to turn his life around and keep him out of trouble. Readers will be interested to learn what it finally takes to bring Rushing to his knees and cause him to cry out to God. I really appreciated that the plan of salvation is included at the rear of the book so that fans of Rushing and the Dukes of Hazzard can also pray the sinner’s prayer. $15.99. 308 pages. |
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