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- Big Thicket Legacy
- Book
- 2002
- Published by: University of North Texas Press
- Series: Temple Big Thicket Series
summary
In Big Thicket Legacy, Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller present the stories of people living in the Big Thicket of southeast Texas. Many of the storytellers were close to one hundred years old when interviewed, with some being the great-grandchildren of the first settlers. Here are tales about robbing a bee tree, hunting wild boar, plowing all day and dancing all night, wading five miles to church through a cypress brake, and making soap using hickory ashes. "The book is a storehouse of history, down-to-earth information, good humor, leg-pulling spoofs, tall tales and all kinds of serendipitous gems . . . Readers inclined to fantasy might like to think of two giant Texas folklorists of the past, J. Frank Dobie and Mody Boatright, nodding and winking their approval of Big Thicket Legacy."—Smithsonian
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xxv-xxx
- Ellen Walker
- pp. 3-12
- Brown Wiggins
- pp. 13-28
- Leak Bevil
- pp. 29-40
- Brunce Jordan
- pp. 41-48
- Sam Houston Cain
- pp. 49-55
- Lance Rosier
- pp. 57-68
- The Jayhawkers
- pp. 69-72
- Fount Simmons
- pp. 73-78
- A. Randolph Fillingim
- pp. 79-95
- Carter Hart
- pp. 97-108
- The Slavonian Stave Makers
- pp. 109-117
- Arden Hooks
- pp. 119-131
- Dr. John Richard Bevil
- pp. 133-144
- Evie Brown
- pp. 159-166
- Roscoe Crouch
- pp. 167-174
- Hardy Farmer
- pp. 175-181
- James Addison Moye
- pp. 183-190
- Bill Willie Gilder
- pp. 191-196
- Floyd Warren
- pp. 197-204
- Pearl Wiggins
- pp. 205-209
- P. O. Eason
- pp. 211-222
Additional Information
ISBN
9781574415216
Related ISBN(s)
9781574411560
MARC Record
OCLC
609080310
Pages
256
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No