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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At its best it is a hard and severe country . At its worst , it is devastating ; ruthless in the certain and terrible exactions of its elemental forces ! It is angry and violent in its generous resort to desiccating wind and sun ...
At its best it is a hard and severe country . At its worst , it is devastating ; ruthless in the certain and terrible exactions of its elemental forces ! It is angry and violent in its generous resort to desiccating wind and sun ...
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It was slow death on cattle , depressing on all , hard on horses , killing on men . The late spring of 1925 found our outfit forced again to move . John trailed to the railroad at Pyote and shipped to grass near Midland .
It was slow death on cattle , depressing on all , hard on horses , killing on men . The late spring of 1925 found our outfit forced again to move . John trailed to the railroad at Pyote and shipped to grass near Midland .
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that , having had to struggle so hard to live in this land we loved , some mystical force or power has made it equally hard for us to die ? I am sure all scientific minds would scoff at the idea as ridiculous . Probably so !
that , having had to struggle so hard to live in this land we loved , some mystical force or power has made it equally hard for us to die ? I am sure all scientific minds would scoff at the idea as ridiculous . Probably so !
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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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