LEADER 02353nam 2200373 450 001 9910163538803321 005 20221222225154.0 035 $a(CKB)3710000001048131 035 $a(NjHacI)993710000001048131 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001048131 100 $a20221222d1969 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAunt Puss & others $eold days in the Piney Woods /$fEmma Wilson Emery 210 1$aDenton, Texas :$cUniversity of North Texas Press,$d[1969] 210 4$dİ1969 215 $a1 online resource (101 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aPublications of the Texas Folklore Society 311 $a1-57441-048-2 330 $aCollection of memorable and comical stories about Emma Wilson Emery's family members, including her Aunt Puss, Uncle Lum, Uncle Noah, Aunt Chlo and others. "In 1890, Aunt Puss Hooks, Spurger's outstanding citizen, was not known beyond the boundaries of Tyler County, Texas. She never saw the halls of Congress nor went shopping on Fifth Avenue, but she represented a way of life as it was lived in her day and a type of people who were among the unsung builders of our nation. Belonging to a generation that had its advent immediately following the conflict between our states, she was one of the children who had to go to the cottonfield instead of the schoolhouse . . . She was not a retiring, subdued woman . . . hers was a positive personality, the blending of a fighting spirit with an unselfish, gentle nature that filled her critics with awe and her friends with love and admiration . . . To me, as a child, Aunt Puss was a three ring circus all by herself . . . Despite all their shortcomings and oddities, Aunt Puss, her friends, and her kinfolk made up a lovable, God-fearing aggregation of human beings, a people whose roots grew deep into the heart of the Southland . . . I am glad I was one of them". 410 0$aPublications of the Texas Folklore Society. 607 $aTexas$vBiography 607 $aTexas$xSocial life and customs 676 $a920.0764 700 $aEmery$b Emma Wilson$f1885-1970,$01271937 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163538803321 996 $aAunt Puss & others$92996316 997 $aUNINA