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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When I see a modern mother worried to distraction with a single , uncontrolled youngster at the table , I sometimes recall the picture my parents painted of the Bill Evetts family . At the head of the table sat the proud father ...
When I see a modern mother worried to distraction with a single , uncontrolled youngster at the table , I sometimes recall the picture my parents painted of the Bill Evetts family . At the head of the table sat the proud father ...
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I can vividly recall , as a boy at Midland , waking in the middle of the night to hear Papa pacing the floor from window to window , watching the flashes of lightning from a cloud building below the western horizon , wondering ...
I can vividly recall , as a boy at Midland , waking in the middle of the night to hear Papa pacing the floor from window to window , watching the flashes of lightning from a cloud building below the western horizon , wondering ...
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I recall seeing one of these leisurely livers of unambitious life when I was a little boy in Midland , and gazed in wide - eyed wonder , and I fear a measure of envy , upon his numerous burros and his simple outfit , and thought of the ...
I recall seeing one of these leisurely livers of unambitious life when I was a little boy in Midland , and gazed in wide - eyed wonder , and I fear a measure of envy , upon his numerous burros and his simple outfit , and thought of the ...
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Inhalt
THE LAND There Is Just Something About It | 1 |
To Troubled Texas | 9 |
Bill Everts and Allie Puett | 21 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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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