The Cedar Choppers: Life on the Edge of Nothing Contributor(s): Roberts, Ken (Author) |
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ISBN: 1623498201 ISBN-13: 9781623498207 Publisher: Texas A&M University Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - Social Science | Sociology - Rural - History | Social History |
Dewey: 305.963 |
LCCN: 2017036270 |
Series: Sam Rayburn Rural Life, Sponsored by Texas A&m University-Commerce |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.05 lbs) 276 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: At the low-water bridge below Tom Miller Dam, west of downtown Austin, during the summer of his tenth or eleventh year, Ken Roberts had his first encounter with cedar choppers. On his way to the bridge for a leisurely afternoon of fishing, he suddenly found himself facing a group of boys who clearly came from a different place and culture than the middle-class, suburban community he was accustomed to. Rather, "...they looked hard--tanned, skinny, dirty. These were not kids you would see in Austin." When Roberts's fishing companion curtly refused the strangers' offer to sell them a stringer of bluegills, the three boys went away, only to reappear moments later, one of them carrying a club. Roberts and his friend made a hasty retreat. |