A biscuit for your shoe: a memoir of County Line, a Texas freedom colony
by Beatrice Upshaw; introduction and photos by Richard Orton
- Resource Type:
- Book (Print/Paper)
- Publication:
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2020]
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- Summary:
- "Book is a memoir of growing up in the East Texas freedom colony, County Line. There is an introduction and foreword that offer context, and photographs"-- [Provided by publisher]
- Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Frances B. Vick
- Rural East Texas
- The Hill
- Lilbert
- Church Establishments
- The Church Minutes: Home Missionary Society
- Holiness Church
- Louisiana, Alabama; Church/Roots
- Cousin Gillis, Pete, and Cooking
- The Local Landscape
- Injuries
- Born and Raised: Big Heads, Big Feet
- The Sassafras Expedition
- Mama and Her Green Thumb
- Sister Girl and the Snake
- Aunt Annie Bell
- Uncle Hadie's House
- Chee-Chee and Charlie
- Faye, Byrd, and Sister Girl's Skirt
- The Beautification of the Young and Foolish
- Toys, Play-Pretties, and Other Amusements
- Jokes, Tales, and Other Lies
- Dr. Maye and the Innocent Frog
- James Brown
- Wash Day
- Adult Basic Education
- The More Things Change
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Glossary.
- Author/Creator:
- Upshaw, Beatrice, 1958- , author
- Contributors:
- Orton, Richard S., 1946- , writer of introduction, photographer
- Languages:
- English
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- Item content: English
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- Includes index.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Call Numbers:
- F394.C8125 U67 2020
- ISBNs:
- 9781574418125 (hardcover)
1574418122 (hardcover)
9781574418217 (electronic book) [Invalid] - Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 2020034080
- OCLC Numbers:
- 1157954716