PDF Confederate Generals in the Western Theater; Vol. 3: Essays on America's Civil War (Western Theater in the Civil War) by From Brand: Univ Tennessee Press in History

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In 1929; near Plano; Texas; Eddie Stimpson Jr.; weighing 15-1/2 pounds; was born to a 19-year-old father and a 15-year-old mother. The boy; his two sisters and mother all “grew up together;” with the father sharecropping along the old Preston Road; the route used by many freedmen trying to escape Texas after the Civil War.His childhood was void of luxuries; but full of country pleasures. The editors have retained the simplicity of Stimpson's folk speech and spelling patterns; allowing the good-natured humility and wisdom of his personality to shine through the narrative.The details of ordinary family life and community survival include descriptions of cooking; farming; gambling; visiting; playing; doctoring; hunting; bootlegging; and picking cotton; as well as going to school; to church; to funerals; to weddings; to Juneteenth celebrations.This book will be of extraordinary value to folklorists; historians; sociologists; and anyone enjoying a good story.