02353nam 2200373 450 991016353880332120221222225154.0(CKB)3710000001048131(NjHacI)993710000001048131(EXLCZ)99371000000104813120221222d1969 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAunt Puss & others old days in the Piney Woods /Emma Wilson EmeryDenton, Texas :University of North Texas Press,[1969]©19691 online resource (101 pages) illustrationsPublications of the Texas Folklore Society1-57441-048-2 Collection of memorable and comical stories about Emma Wilson Emery's family members, including her Aunt Puss, Uncle Lum, Uncle Noah, Aunt Chlo and others. "In 1890, Aunt Puss Hooks, Spurger's outstanding citizen, was not known beyond the boundaries of Tyler County, Texas. She never saw the halls of Congress nor went shopping on Fifth Avenue, but she represented a way of life as it was lived in her day and a type of people who were among the unsung builders of our nation. Belonging to a generation that had its advent immediately following the conflict between our states, she was one of the children who had to go to the cottonfield instead of the schoolhouse . . . She was not a retiring, subdued woman . . . hers was a positive personality, the blending of a fighting spirit with an unselfish, gentle nature that filled her critics with awe and her friends with love and admiration . . . To me, as a child, Aunt Puss was a three ring circus all by herself . . . Despite all their shortcomings and oddities, Aunt Puss, her friends, and her kinfolk made up a lovable, God-fearing aggregation of human beings, a people whose roots grew deep into the heart of the Southland . . . I am glad I was one of them".Publications of the Texas Folklore Society.TexasBiographyTexasSocial life and customs920.0764Emery Emma Wilson1885-1970,1271937NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910163538803321Aunt Puss & others2996316UNINA