Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword by Frances B. Vick
Family Tree
Introduction
Chapter 1: Rural East Texas
Chapter 2: The Hill
Chapter 3: Lilbert
Chapter 4: Church Establishments
Chapter 5: The Church Minutes: Home Missionary Society&
Chapter 6: Holiness Church
Chapter 7: Louisiana, Alabama; Church Roots
Chapter 8: Cousin Gillis, Pete, and Cooking
Chapter 9: The Local Landscape
Chapter 10: Injuries
Chapter 11: Born and Raised: Big Heads, Big Feet
Chapter 12: The Sassafras Expedition
Chapter 13: Mama and Her Green Thumb
Chapter 14: Sister Girl and the Snake
Chapter 15: Aunt Annie Bell
Chapter 16: Uncle Hadie’s Houses
Chapter 17: Chee-Chee and Charlie
Chapter 18: Faye, Byrd, and Sister Girl’s Skirt
Chapter 19: The Beautification of the Young and Foolish
Chapter 20: Toys, Play-Pretties, and Other Amusements
Chapter 21: Jokes, Tales, and Other Lies
Chapter 22: Dr. Maye and the Innocent Frog
Chapter 23: James Brown
Chapter 24: Wash Day
Chapter 25: Adult Basic Education
Chapter 26: The More Things Change
Epilogue
Appendix: Glossary
Acknowledgments
Index