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The pecan orchard : journey of a sharecropper's daughter / Peggy Vonsherie Allen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, Peggy Vonsherie, 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Alabama--Butler County--Social life and customs--20th century--Anecdotes.
- African Americans.
- Sharecroppers--Alabama--Butler County--Social life and customs--20th century--Anecdotes.
- Sharecroppers.
- Country life--Alabama--Butler County--Anecdotes.
- Country life.
- Butler County (Ala.)--Social life and customs--20th century--Anecdotes.
- Butler County (Ala.).
- Allen, Peggy Vonsherie, 1959---Childhood and youth--Anecdotes.
- Allen, Peggy Vonsherie.
- Allen, Peggy Vonsherie, 1959---Family--Anecdotes.
- Allen family--Anecdotes.
- Allen family.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a true story of the struggle, survival, and ultimate success of a large black family in south Alabama who, in the middle decades of the 20th century, lifted themselves out of poverty to achieve the American dream of property ownership. Descended from slaves and sharecroppers in the Black Belt region, this family of hard-working parents and their thirteen children is mentored by its matriarch, Moa, the author's beloved great grandmother, who passes on to the family, along with other cultural wealth, her recipe for moonshine. Without rancor or blame, and even with occ
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. The Beginning; II. The Work; III. The Business; IV. The Characters; V. The Stories
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8454-5
- OCLC:
- 609845958
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