04225nam 2200769 a 450 991078202190332120230207225535.00-292-79445-210.7560/717824(CKB)1000000000533889(OCoLC)646760663(CaPaEBR)ebrary10245689(SSID)ssj0000111411(PQKBManifestationID)11138660(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111411(PQKBWorkID)10095931(PQKB)11383431(MiAaPQ)EBC3571706(Au-PeEL)EBL3571706(CaPaEBR)ebr10245689(OCoLC)234193379(DE-B1597)588121(OCoLC)1280943429(DE-B1597)9780292794450(EXLCZ)99100000000053388920070618d2008 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBig Thicket people[electronic resource] Larry Jene Fisher's photographs of the last southern frontier /Thad Sitton and C.E. Hunt ; foreword by Maxine Johnston1st ed.Austin University of Texas Press20081 online resource (157 p.) Bridwell Texas history seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-292-71782-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-140).Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Plain Folks -- 2. The Photographic Legacy of the Renaissance Man of East Texas -- 3. Photo Sequences, with Introductory Essays -- Notes -- BibliographyLiving off the land—hunting, fishing, and farming, along with a range of specialized crafts that provided barter or cash income—was a way of life that persisted well into the twentieth century in the Big Thicket of southeast Texas. Before this way of life ended with World War II, professional photographer Larry Jene Fisher spent a decade between the 1930s and 1940s photographing Big Thicket people living and working in the old ways. His photographs, the only known collection on this subject, constitute an irreplaceable record of lifeways that first took root in the southeastern woodlands of the colonial United States and eventually spread all across the Southern frontier. Big Thicket People presents Fisher's photographs in suites that document a wide slice of Big Thicket life-people, dogs, camps, deer hunts, farming, syrup mills, rooter hogs and stock raising, railroad tie making, barrel stave making, chimney building, peckerwood sawmills, logging, turpentining, town life, church services and picnics, funerals and golden weddings, and dances and other amusements. Accompanying each suite of images is a cultural essay by Thad Sitton, who also introduces the book with a historical overview of life in the Big Thicket. C. E. Hunt provides an informative biography of Larry Jene Fisher.Bridwell Texas history series.Country lifeTexasBig ThicketHistory20th centuryPictorial worksOutdoor lifeTexasBig ThicketHistory20th centuryPictorial worksCountry lifeTexasBig ThicketHistory20th centuryOutdoor lifeTexasBig ThicketHistory20th centuryPhotographersTexas, EastBiographyBig Thicket (Tex.)Social life and customs20th centuryPictorial worksBig Thicket (Tex.)BiographyPictorial worksBig Thicket (Tex.)Social life and customs20th centuryBig Thicket (Tex.)BiographyCountry lifeHistoryOutdoor lifeHistoryCountry lifeHistoryOutdoor lifeHistoryPhotographers976.4/15Sitton Thad1941-1549067Fisher Larry Jene1549068Hunt C. E1549069MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782021903321Big Thicket people3806625UNINA