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Big Thicket Legacy

By: Campbell Loughmiller (Editor), Lynn Loughmiller (Editor)

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Paperback | 18 August 2022

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Paperback
256 Pages

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25.4 x 17.78 x 1.37

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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.

"The book is a storehouse of history, down-to-earth information, good humor, leg-pulling spoofs, tall tales and all kinds of serendipitous gems... Readers inclined to fantasy might like to think of two giant Texas folklorists of the past, J. Frank Dobie and Mody Boatright, nodding and winking their approval of Big Thicket Legacy." -Smithsonian

"The Big Thicket... comes vibrantly alive in this collection of interviews... This excellent example of oral history is highly recommended." -Library Journal

"A big thicket of a book, Americana at its best." -Christian Century

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Readers inclined to fantasy might like to think of two giant Texas folklorists of the past, J. Frank Dobie and Mody Boatright, nodding and winking their approval of Big Thicket Legacy._Smithsonian ""The Big Thicket... comes vibrantly alive in this collection of interviews.... This excellent example of oral history is highly recommended.""_Library Journal

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