The Chicken Hanger

Acknowledgements

vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many people helped in various ways with this manuscript. I’d like to thank Becky Rehder, Helen and Ed Fanick, Jill and Emelio Rodriguez, Mary Summerall, Meredith Deutscher, David Parker, Toodie Sweeten, Jane Chelius, Mike Farris, John Barber, John Burger, and Stacia Hernstrom. Also, much appreciation to Dan Williams, Judy Alter, Susan R. Petty, Melinda Esco, Vicki Whistler, Sarah Bird, Jim Sanderson, and Karla O’Donald, with special thanks to Rileigh Sanders. Last, my deepest gratitude to Steven L. Davis. vii “The laws should be rigidly enforced which prohibit the immigration of a servile class to compete with American labor, with no intention of acquiring citizenship, and bringing with them and retaining habits and customs repugnant to our civilization.” —President Grover Cleveland, First Inaugural Address, 1885 viii 1 martes 2 ...