Aunt Puss & others : old days in the Piney Woods / Emma Wilson Emery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Emery, Emma Wilson, 1885-1970, author.

Series:

Publications of the Texas Folklore Society.

Publications of the Texas Folklore Society

Language:

English

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Texas--Biography.

Texas.

Texas--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (101 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

University of North Texas Press 1969

Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [1969]

Summary:

Collection of memorable and comical stories about Emma Wilson Emery's family members, including her Aunt Puss, Uncle Lum, Uncle Noah, Aunt Chlo and others. "In 1890, Aunt Puss Hooks, Spurger's outstanding citizen, was not known beyond the boundaries of Tyler County, Texas. She never saw the halls of Congress nor went shopping on Fifth Avenue, but she represented a way of life as it was lived in her day and a type of people who were among the unsung builders of our nation. Belonging to a generation that had its advent immediately following the conflict between our states, she was one of the children who had to go to the cottonfield instead of the schoolhouse . . . She was not a retiring, subdued woman . . . hers was a positive personality, the blending of a fighting spirit with an unselfish, gentle nature that filled her critics with awe and her friends with love and admiration . . . To me, as a child, Aunt Puss was a three ring circus all by herself . . . Despite all their shortcomings and oddities, Aunt Puss, her friends, and her kinfolk made up a lovable, God-fearing aggregation of human beings, a people whose roots grew deep into the heart of the Southland . . . I am glad I was one of them".

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access