Nameless Towns

Name: Nameless Towns
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Texas Sawmill Communities, 1880-1942

Autor: Thad Sitton, James H. Conrad

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Sawmill communities were once the thriving centres of East Texas life. Many sprang up almost overnig...

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Autor

Thad Sitton, James H. Conrad

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydalo

1998

Stránok

271

EAN

9780292777262

ISBN

0292777264

Enbook ID

04874008

Vydavateľ

University of Texas Press

Hmotnosť

765

Rozmery

154 x 235 x 18

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Sawmill communities were once the thriving centres of East Texas life. Many sprang up almost overnight in a pine forest clearing, and many disappeared just as quickly after the company 'cut out' its last trees. But during their heyday, these company towns made Texas the nation's third-largest lumber producer and created a colourful way of life that lingers in the memories of the remaining former residents and their children and grandchildren. Drawing on oral history, company records, and other archival sources, Sitton and Conrad recreate the lifeways of the sawmill communities. They describe the companies that ran the mills and the different kinds of jobs involved in logging and milling. They depict the usually rough-hewn towns, with their central mill, unpainted houses, company store, and schools, churches, and community centres. And they characterize the lives of the people, from the hard, awesomely dangerous mill work to the dances, picnics, and other recreations that offered welcome diversions. Thad Sitton, of Austin, and James H. Conrad, of Commerce, are historians and writers with extensive experience in collecting oral history.

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