Big Thicket Legacy

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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 . . . … continued below

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xxiv, 222 p. : col. ill.

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Loughmiller, Campbell & Loughmiller, Lynn January 15, 2002.

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  • Main Title: Big Thicket Legacy
  • Added Title: Number Two in the Temple Big Thicket Series
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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

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xxiv, 222 p. : col. ill.

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  • ISBN: 1-57441-156-X
  • Library of Congress Control Number: 2002018097
  • OCLC: 49495031
  • Series Number: 2
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc271441

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