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1 online resource (190 pages) |
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""I grow up a dirt farmer and retired a dirt farmer. Never got rich and didn't want to be. My childhood stomping ground is now concrete, stores and houses. I remember the good times and bad. It was not the money we made but how to stretch that last dime. It was not the wind, rain or snow. It was about the love that flow. It was not the hot sunshine nor the clouds that hung low. It was the grace of God that help us swang that hoe. I want my grandchildren to understand. My grands, your grands and their grands."" In 1929, near Plano, Texas, Eddie Stimpson, Jr., weighing 15-1/2 pounds, was born t |
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Stimpson, Eddie, 1929-
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Stimpson, Eddie, 1929- fast |
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African Americans -- Texas -- Plano Region -- Biography
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Sharecroppers -- Texas -- Plano Region -- Biography
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Depressions -- 1929 -- Texas -- Plano Region
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Farm life -- Texas -- Plano Region -- History -- 20th century
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African Americans
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Depressions
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Farm life
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Sharecroppers
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Social conditions
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Plano Region (Tex.) -- Social conditions
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Texas -- Plano Region
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Biographies
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History
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Electronic book
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Author |
Byrd, James W
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ISBN |
9781574414899 |
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1574414895 |
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