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"It's in the nature of things that whole worlds disappear," writes the poet Robert Hass in the foreword to Jimmye Hillman's insightful memoir. "Their vanishings, more often than not, go unrecorded or pass into myth, just as they slip from the memory of the living." To ensure that the world of Jimmye Hillman's childhood in Greene County, Mississippi during the Great Depression doesn't slip away, he has gathered together accounts of his family and the other people of Old Washington village. There are humorous stories of hog hunting and heart-wrenching tales of poverty set against a rural backdrop shaded by the local social, religious, and political climate of the time. Jimmye and his family were subsistence farmers out of bare-bones necessity, decades before discussions about sustainability made such practices laudable. More than just childhood memories and a family saga, though, this book serves as a snapshot of the natural, historical, and linguistic details of the time and place. It is a remarkable record of Southern life. Observations loaded with detail uncover broader themes of work, family loyalty, and the politics of changing times. Hillman, now eighty-eight, went on to a distinguished career as an economist specializing in agriculture. He realizes the importance of his story as an example of the cultural history of the Deep South but allows readers to discover the significance on their own by witnessing the lives of a colorful cast of characters. Hogs, Mules, and Yellow Dogs is unique, a blend of humor and reflection, wisdom and sympathy—but it's also a hard-nosed look at the realities of living on a dirt farm in a vanished world.
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: Biography & Autobiography |
Author |
: Jimmye Hillman |
Publisher |
: University of Arizona Press |
Release |
: 2012-11-01 |
File |
: 288 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780816599707 |
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: American poetry |
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: 2007 |
File |
: 354 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: STANFORD:36105132130662 |
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: Agriculture |
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: 1898 |
File |
: 1586 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: WISC:89099169716 |
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The song "John Henry," perhaps America's greatest folk ballad, is about an African-American steel driver who raced and beat a steam drill, dying "with his hammer in his hand" from the effort. Most singers and historians believe John Henry was a real person, not a fictitious one, and that his story took place in West Virginia--though other places have been proposed. John Garst argues convincingly that it took place near Dunnavant, Alabama, in 1887. The author's reconstruction, based on contemporaneous evidence and subsequent research, uncovers a fascinating story that supports the Dunnavant location and provides new insights. Beyond John Henry, readers will discover the lives and work of his people: Black and white singers; his "captain," contractor Frederick Dabney; C. C. Spencer, the most credible eyewitness; John Henry's wife; the blind singer W. T. Blankenship, who printed the first broadside of the ballad; and later scholars who studied John Henry. The book includes analyses of the song's numerous iterations, several previously unpublished illustrations and a foreword by folklorist Art Rosenbaum.
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Genre |
: Social Science |
Author |
: John Garst |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Release |
: 2022-01-05 |
File |
: 283 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781476645803 |
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: J. R. Dodge |
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: |
Release |
: 1873 |
File |
: 538 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: ONB:+Z225880605 |
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: |
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: |
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: 1876 |
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: 578 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: BSB:BSB11335716 |
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: |
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: United States. Dept. of Agriculture |
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: |
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: 1874 |
File |
: 68 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015073296694 |
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Genre |
: Medical parasitology |
Author |
: David Lawrence Belding |
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: |
Release |
: 1952 |
File |
: 1152 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UCAL:B3844546 |
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: Agriculture |
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: |
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: |
Release |
: 1873 |
File |
: 492 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015082453583 |
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: Natural resources |
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: 1986 |
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: 386 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: MINN:31951P00275249W |