Eighter from Decatur: Growing Up in North Texas - Tapa blanda

Barton, Jim Tom

 
9780890969939: Eighter from Decatur: Growing Up in North Texas
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ISBN 10: 0890969930 ISBN 13: 9780890969939
Editorial: Texas A&M University Press, 1980

Sinopsis

There was a time in North Texas when the “law” meant the sheriff rather than statutes or court decisions, and people were sometimes arrested for “looking suspicious.” Many country doctors had minimal education, but they were hardworking and dedicated. Home remedies, patent medicine, and placebos bought at medicine shows were commonplace. Emotional revival meetings in open tabernacles spiced hot summer nights.

A little boy could grow up secure there, full of mischief, enjoying whittling, family trips, and crawfishing. He could see the pioneer homes of his forebears and view the birth of more urban ways.

Jim Tom Barton’s Eighter from Decatur provides lively insights into the ways of a small North Texas county seat during the first decades of this century. Personal experiences, newspaper stories, historical information, yarns, and anecdotes—some humorous, some sad—are intertwined to give present-day readers a firsthand feel for the attitudes, customs, and conditions of an earlier time.

Texana lovers, social historians, and those with a small-town background will find this book an entertaining chapter in the exploration of the roots of Texas culture.

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There was a time in North Texas when the "law" meant the sheriff rather than statutes or court decisions, and people were sometimes arrested for "looking suspicious." Many country doctors had minimal education, but they were hardworking and dedicated. Home remedies, patent medicine, and placebos bought at medicine shows were commonplace. Emotional revival meetings in open tabernacles spiced hot summer nights. A little boy could grow up secure there, full of mischief, enjoying whittling, family trips, and crawfishing. He could see the pioneer homes of his forebears and view the birth of more urban ways. Jim Tom Barton's Eighter from Decatur provides lively insights into the ways of a small North Texas county seat during the first decades of this century. Personal experiences, newspaper stories, historical information, yarns, and anecdotes--some humorous, some sad--are intertwined to give present-day readers a firsthand feel for the attitudes, customs, and conditions of an earlier time. Texana lovers, social historians, and those with a small-town background will find this book an entertaining chapter in the exploration of the roots of Texas culture.

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Editorial
Texas A&M University Press
Año de publicación
1980
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0890969930
ISBN 13 
9780890969939
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
180
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