Rough Times, Tough Fiber: A Fragmentary Family ChronicleTracing the movements of the Haley, Evetts and Puett families from Virginia through the Tennessee backwoods, the deep South, and on to Texas, this book provides both genealogy and colorful insight into the sorrows of Indian removal, and the lives of Texan ranchers and cowboys through the experiences of these families. |
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I am sure they ate a lot of grass , and they did eventually give me and my horses along with other cowboys and theirs - torn ligaments and broken bones in many hard falls . But they held back the brush so that the blessed grass ...
I am sure they ate a lot of grass , and they did eventually give me and my horses along with other cowboys and theirs - torn ligaments and broken bones in many hard falls . But they held back the brush so that the blessed grass ...
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For me , Ingalls ' fluent tribute to grass was a restrained panegyric . It seems to me that we spent a goodly part of our lives in praying for just enough rain to “ green it up ” in the spring . While I know it is utterly ridiculous ...
For me , Ingalls ' fluent tribute to grass was a restrained panegyric . It seems to me that we spent a goodly part of our lives in praying for just enough rain to “ green it up ” in the spring . While I know it is utterly ridiculous ...
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They are getting more bear grass than they have been getting and I hope to cut the most of them off of cake a little later . I will start feeding bear grass in the Pimm in 3 or 4 days and will cut the cake in half there .
They are getting more bear grass than they have been getting and I hope to cut the most of them off of cake a little later . I will start feeding bear grass in the Pimm in 3 or 4 days and will cut the cake in half there .
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THE LAND There Is Just Something About It | 1 |
To Troubled Texas | 9 |
Bill Everts and Allie Puett | 21 |
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became Bell Bill bought boys brother called camp carried cattle chief Choctaws close County Court cowboy Creek dangerous David David Haley death died early east Evetts father fighting followed force frontier Grandpa grass Haley Haley's hand hard head hold hope horses Indians interest Jackson John killed known land later leaving letter living looked Major Major Haley Mama March married memory Midland miles Mississippi Moffat moved named nature never night noted once Papa passed Plains President ranch range recall record removal returned River road saddle seemed sense settled sometimes South Southern spirit spring story struggle Tennessee Texas took town Trace trail treaty turned Uncle wrote
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Rough Times, Tough Fiber: A Fragmentary Family Chronicle |
| Autor/in | James Evetts Haley |
| Verlag | Palo Duro Press, 1976 |
| Original von | University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitalisiert | 7. Nov. 2007 |
| Länge | 196 Seiten |
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