Download or read book Mule Trader written by William R. Ferris and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers captivated by this book will be happy that Bill Ferris found Ray Lum and that he thought to turn on a tape recorder. Lum (1891-1977) was a mule skinner, a livestock trader, an auctioneer, and an American original. This delightful book, first published in 1992 as “You Live and Learn. Then You Die and Forget It All,” preserves Lum's colorful folk dialect and captures the essence of this one-of-a-kind figure who seems to have stepped full-blooded from the pages of Mark Twain. This riveting tale-spinner was tall, heavy-set, and full of body rhythm as he talked. In his special world, he was famous for trading, for tale-telling, and for common-sense lessons that had made him a savvy bargainer and a shrewd businessman. His home and his auction barn were in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where mules were his main interest, but in trading he fanned out over twenty states and even into Mexico. A west Texas newspaper reported his fame this way, “He is known all over cow country for his honest, fair dealing and gentlemanly attitude. . . . A letter addressed to him anywhere in Texas probably would be delivered.” Over several years, Ferris recorded Lum's many long conversations that detail livestock auctioneering, cheery memories of rustic Deep South culture, and a philosophy of life that is grounded in good horse sense. Even among the most spellbinding talkers, Lum is a standout both for what he has to say and for the way he says it. Ferris's lucky, protracted encounters with him turn out to be the best of good fortune for everybody.
Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1948-01-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
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Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1948-01-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Download or read book The Unnaming of Aliass written by Karin Bolender and published by punctum books. This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Whiskey Before Breakfast written by Benjy Griffith and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Benjy Griffith's novel Whiskey before Breakfast is a Southern page-turner, told with humor and an uncanny ear for the Southern idiom. It presents a motley cast of Middle Georgia originals caught up in the struggles of the Great Depression." "The principal characters, thirteen-year-old Newt and his friend Jefferson will remind some readers of Huck Finn and Jim. Both boys have abusive fathers and both deal with challenging situations. While Huck's answer to most problems is an instantly devised tall tale, Newt, faced with even more perilous trials, relies on an innate understanding of what motivates human beings. Newt's compassion, expressed in his gentle protection of his mentally handicapped younger brother, also sets him apart. Jefferson, who experiences a life-changing moment during a rare visit to church, is also a more complex character than his counterpart, Jim. Standing out among the minor characters is Hap, a comical backwoods entrepreneur." "Earl Ham, Newt's profane, tyrannical father, has two main businesses: a sawmill and moonshine whiskey. He decides to move into rival territory, sending Jefferson, an alcoholic who will work for whiskey, along with Newt, who will sell the moonshine and protect the money. But this is Newt's story and it is one that will linger with the reader long after the final pages."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book The William R Ferris Reader Omnibus E book written by William Ferris and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-04-12 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned folklorist William R. Ferris has captured the voices of southern musicians, artists, writers, and thinkers for forty years—and we have been proud to publish his work in Southern Cultures for nearly half of that time. To celebrate Southern Cultures' 20th anniversary, we present our inaugural special omnibus ebook, The William R. Ferris Reader. Collected here for the first time are all 20 of Bill Ferris's essays and interviews as they have appeared in our pages between 1995 and 2013, as well as an introduction to the collection by Ferris. From folk humor to moon pies to Faulkner, Welty, Walker, and so much more, we are delighted to share this special collection of a favored friend, mentor, and colleague.
Download or read book Horse Trading in the Age of Cars written by Steven M. Gelber and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gelber's highly readable and lively prose makes clear how this unique economic ritual survived into the industrial twentieth century, in the process adding a colorful and interesting chapter to the history of the automobile.
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Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1948-01-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Download or read book When Dreams Came True written by William Hamilton Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Hunter s Experiences in the Southern States of America Being an Account of the Natural History of the Various Quadrupeds and Birds which are the Objects of Chase in Those Countries written by Flack (Captain.) and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Hunter s Experiences in the Southern States of America written by Capt Flack and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Reader s Guide to William Faulkner written by Edmond L. Volpe and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new guide, the first comprehensive book of its kind, offers analyses of all Faulkner's short stories, published and unpublished, that were not incorporated into novels or turned into chapters of a novel. Seventy-one stories receive individual critical analysis and evaluation. These discussions reveal the relationship of the stories to the novels and point up Faulkner's skills as a writer of short fiction. Although Faulkner often spoke disparagingly of the short story form and claimed that he wrote stories for moneywhich he didEdmond L. Volpe's study reveals that Faulkner could not escape even in this shorter form his incomparable fictional imagination nor his mastery of narrative structure and technique.
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Download or read book Steak and Baloney written by Kenzel May and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reaching back from the twenty-first century to a much simpler time, when family was king, Ray Jones travels the dusty roads of Arkansas in 1856. Encountering a number of challenges, as well as a fierce wolf-dog and bear, he wonders how long he will survive and if he will ever return home.
