Big Thicket Legacy

Big Thicket Legacy
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Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9781574411560
ISBN-13 : 157441156X
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Book Synopsis Big Thicket Legacy by : Campbell Loughmiller

Download or read book Big Thicket Legacy written by Campbell Loughmiller and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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