| Gone to the Swamp: Raw Materials for the Good Life in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta Contributor(s): Smith, Robert Leslie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0817354948 ISBN-13: 9780817354947 Publisher: Fire Ant Books OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 975.857 |
| LCCN: 2007050824 |
| Series: Fire Ant Books |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.36" W x 8.98" (1.02 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4 To make a living here, one had to be capable, confident, clever and inventive, know a lot about survival, be able to fashion and repair tools, navigate a boat, fell a tree, treat a snakebite, make a meal from whatever was handy without asking too many questions about it, and get along with folks. This fascinating and instructive book is the careful and unpretentious account of a man who was artful in all the skills needed to survive and raise a family in an area where most people would be lost or helpless. Smith's story is an important record of a way of life beginning to disappear, a loss not fully yet realized. We are lucky to have a work that is both instructive and warm-hearted and that preserves so much hard-won knowledge. |