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A biscuit for your shoe : a memoir of County Line, a Texas freedom colony / Beatrice Upshaw; Richard S. Orton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Upshaw, Beatrice, 1958- author.
- Series:
- Texas Folklore Society extra book ; number 28
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Community life--County Line (Nacogdoches County)--Texas.
- Community life.
- Upshaw family.
- Upshaw, Beatrice, 1958-.
- Upshaw, Beatrice.
- County Line (Nacogdoches County, Tex.)--Biography.
- County Line (Nacogdoches County, Tex.).
- County Line (Nacogdoches County, Tex.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource.)
- Place of Publication:
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- In TFS Extra Book #28, Beatrice Upshaw shares her memories of growing up in County Line. A Biscuit for Your Shoe captures the lore of a community which began as a freedom colony west of Nacogdoches in East Texas. The book is a memoir, but it shares more than merely family memories of significant events. It tells of beliefs, home remedies, folk games, and customs, as well as the importance of religion and education to a community of like-minded people. The narrative is a rich source of colloquial language and proverbial sayings that help define a group of people and their strong sense of place.
- Contents:
- Chapter 13: Mama and Her Green Thumb
- Chapter 14: Sister Girl and the Snake
- Chapter 15: Aunt Annie Bell
- Chapter 16: Uncle Hadie's Houses
- Chapter 17: Chee-Chee and Charlie
- Chapter 18: Faye, Byrd, and Sister Girl's Skirt
- Chapter 19: The Beautification of the Young and Foolish
- Chapter 20: Toys, Play-Pretties, and Other Amusements
- Chapter 21: Jokes, Tales, and Other Lies
- Chapter 22: Dr. Maye and the Innocent Frog
- Chapter 23: James Brown
- Chapter 24: Wash Day
- Chapter 25: Adult Basic Education
- Chapter 26: The More Things Change
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Glossary
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword by Frances B. Vick
- Family Tree
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Rural East Texas
- Chapter 2: The Hill
- Chapter 3: Lilbert
- Chapter 4: Church Establishments
- Chapter 5: The Church Minutes: Home Missionary Society
- Chapter 6: Holiness Church
- Chapter 7: Louisiana, Alabama
- Church Roots
- Chapter 8: Cousin Gillis, Pete, and Cooking
- Chapter 9: The Local Landscape
- Chapter 10: Injuries
- Chapter 11: Born and Raised: Big Heads, Big Feet
- Chapter 12: The Sassafras Expedition
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-57441-812-2
- OCLC:
- 1226762773
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