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A biscuit for your shoe : a memoir of County Line, a Texas freedom colony / by Beatrice Upshaw ; introduction and photos by Richard Orton.
Van Pelt Library F394.C8125 U67 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Upshaw, Beatrice, 1958- author.
- Series:
- Texas Folklore Society extra book ; no. 28.
- Texas Folklore Society extra book ; number 28
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Upshaw, Beatrice, 1958-.
- Upshaw, Beatrice.
- Upshaw family.
- Community life--Texas--County Line (Nacogdoches County).
- Community life.
- Texas.
- African Americans--Colonization--Texas--County Line (Nacogdoches County).
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Colonization.
- Freed persons--Colonization--Texas--County Line (Nacogdoches County).
- Freed persons.
- Colonization.
- County Line (Nacogdoches County, Tex.)--Biography.
- County Line (Nacogdoches County, Tex.).
- County Line (Nacogdoches County, Tex.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Book is a memoir of growing up in the East Texas freedom colony, County Line. There is an introduction and foreword that offer context, and photographs"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Rural East Texas
- ch. 2 The Hill
- ch. 3 Lilbert
- ch. 4 Church Establishments
- ch. 5 The Church Minutes: Home Missionary Society
- ch. 6 Holiness Church
- ch. 7 Louisiana, Alabama; Church Roots
- ch. 8 Cousin Gillis, Pete, And Cooking
- ch. 9 The Local Landscape
- ch. 10 Injuries
- ch. 11 Born And Raised: Big Heads, Big Feet
- ch. 12 The Sassafras Expedition
- ch. 13 Mama And Her Green Thumb
- ch. 14 Sister Girl And The Snake
- ch. 15 Aunt Annie Bell
- ch. 16 Uncle Hadie's Houses
- ch. 17 Chee-Chee And Charlie
- ch. 18 Faye, Byrd, And Sister Girl's Skirt
- ch. 19 The Beautification Of The Young And Foolish
- ch. 20 Toys, Play-Pretties, And Other Amusements
- ch. 21 Jokes, Tales, And Other Lies
- ch. 22 Dr. Maye And The Innocent Frog
- ch. 23 James Brown
- ch. 24 Wash Day
- ch. 25 Adult Basic Education
- ch. 26 The More Things Change.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781574418125
- 1574418122
- OCLC:
- 1157954716
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