How to Love Yankees With a Clear Conscience

by Bo Whaley

Southerners will learn to get around "up Nawth", and Northerners are provided with what they need to know when visitin', vacationin', or relocatin'. Illustrated.

Genres: Nonfiction, Comedy, Humor

160 pages, Paperback

First published May 13, 1988

About the author

One-time columnist for the Dublin Courier-Herald.

Reviews

[Renee G. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was hilarious when I was a 12 year old kid growing up in Virginia. I haven’t read it since 1992, so there’s no way to know if I’d still be into it.

[Katie Raves · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kinda outdated (published late 80s) but still an easy one-day read. Interesting to read about a southerner born and bred but transplanting into diff northern cities for his writing career. Esp NYC.

In 2022 this resonated with me now because of the multiple hilarious jabs at Biden and the concerning trend of more and more Yankees transplanting down South due to the obvious cheaper costs... but Bo cant include the modern reasons for the jump of Yankees nearby now.

[Michael Lortz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Folksy southern humor book from the 1980s. Written by a boomer. Might not mean to offend, but feeds some negative stereotypes.

[Julie N · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yeah, yeah, I know...one of those stupid "Southern humor" books, but seriously, they crack me up!