Preface to North Texas Edition -- The Big Thicket: An Introduction -- Francis E. Abernethy -- A Sketch of the Geology and Soils of the Big Thicket -- Saul Aronow -- Folklore in the Big Thicket -- Archer Fullingim -- Tales of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians -- Howard N. Martin -- Settling the Old Poplar-Tree Place -- Vinson Allen Collins -- Grandma Harrison: A Day at Drew's Landing -- Ethel Osborn Hill -- The Battle at Bad Luck Creek -- Dean Tevis -- Buckshot and Blue Whistler: An Interview with Frank Herrington -- Frances Pitts Norvell
Camp Big Thicket: Life in the Piney Woods, 1887 -- John A. Caplen -- We Trailed Them through the Marshes -- Solomon Alexander Wright -- Texas Bear Hunt, 1906 -- L.L. Kiene -- Boom-Town Tales -- Alice Cashen -- Tales from Uncle Owen -- Lois Williams Parker -- Sour Lake: Spa of the Big Thicket -- Ruth Garrison Scurlock -- A Family Full of Legends -- Ellen Walker Rienstra -- Big Thicket Balladry -- William A. Owens -- From Moss Hill -- Margaret L. Hewett -- The Saratoga Light -- Francis E. Abernethy -- Index
Summary
The secretive beauty and mystery of the Big Thicket of East Texas would inevitably inspire tales-and the pioneers who came to terms with this land were an individualistic and legend-creating lot. In Tales from the Big Thicket, Francis E. Abernethy presents a collection of stories about the Big Thicket and its people. He begins with a brief survey history of the region and then presents anecdotes and tales that introduce us to the people of the Big Thicket and to the land. The reader will find herein the history and folklore of the area, including a collection of Alabama-Coushatta tales, a Civi
