In Big Thicket Legacy, Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller present
the stories of people living in the Big Thicket of southeast Texas.
Many of the storytellers were close to one hundred years old when
interviewed, with some being the great-grandchildren of the first
settlers. Here are tales about robbing a bee tree, hunting wild boar,
plowing all day and dancing all night, wading five miles to church
through a cypress brake, and making soap using hickory ashes. 
	
   "Readers inclined to fantasy might like to think of two giant
Texas folklorists of the past, J. Frank Dobie and Mody Boatright,
nodding and winking their approval of Big Thicket Legacy."—
Smithsonian

   "The Big Thicket . . . comes vibrantly alive in this collection of
interviews. . . . This excellent example of oral history is highly
recommended."—Library Journal

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Lifelong naturalists, CAMPBELL and LYNN LOUGHMILLER
explored and photographed the Big Thicket for nine years.
FRANCIS E. ABERNETHY, who wrote the foreword, is the
author or editor of Tales from the Big Thicket and more than
twenty Texas Folklore Society Publications (University of North
Texas Press). 



Number Two: Temple Big Thicket Series


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"A big thicket of a book, Americana at its best."
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