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A Biscuit for Your Shoe: A Memoir of County Line, a Texas Freedom Colony

Description: 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 colloquia… more
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Date: November 15, 2020
Creator: Upshaw, Beatrice, 1958-
Partner: UNT Press

Oral History Interview with Diane B. Fitzgerald, July 24, 2014

Description: Transcript of an interview with Diane Fitzgerald, homesteader and simple life advocate. Fitzgerald shares concerning her childhood; early experiences with farming and outdoors; move to Maine; discovery of the Nearings; decision to homestead; and memories of the Nearings.
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Date: July 24, 2014
Creator: Pomerleau, Clark A. & Fitzgerald, Diane B., 1940-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Door to Remain

Description: “There are some poets we admire for a mastery that allows them to tell a story, express an epiphany, form a conclusion, all gracefully and even memorably— yet language in some way remains external to them. But there are other poets in whom language seems to arise spontaneously, fulfilling a design in which the poet’s intention feels secondary. Books by these poets we read with a gathering sense of excitement and recognition at the linguistic web being drawn deliberately tighter around a nucleus… more
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Date: April 2022
Creator: Segrest, Austin
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[Artist book created by Teel Sale]

Description: Artist book created by Teel Sale using Leslie Jonath's "Postmark Paris."
Date: 199X
Creator: Sale, Teel
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Still Spiro-Ling Moose Jaw: An Agnew Album

Description: Artist book created by Teel Sale titled "Still Spiro-Ling Moose Jaw: An Agnew Album."
Date: 199X
Creator: Sale, Teel
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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