02613cam a2200481 i 4500 516954920 TxAuBib 20081106120000.0 081106s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007025086 9780292717824 alk. paper : pbk. 0292717822 alk. paper : pbk. (OCoLC)145937629 TxAuBib rda eng eng Sitton, Thad, 1941- Big Thicket people : Larry Jene Fisher's photographs of the last southern frontier / Thad Sitton and C.E. Hunt ; foreword by Maxine Johnston. First edition, 2008. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008. xiv, 140 pgs : b&w photos ; 27 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Bridwell Texas history series Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-140). 1; Introduction: Plain Folks /; Thad Sitton; 1 --; 2; The Photographic Legacy of the Renaissance Man of East Texas /; C.E. Hunt; 17 --; 3; Photo Sequences, with Introductory Essays; 27. Living off the land -- hunting, fishing, and farming, along with a range of specialized crafts that provided barter or cash income -- was a way of life that persisted well into the twentieth century in the Big Thicket of southeast Texas. Before this way of life ended with World War II, professional photographer Larry Jene Fisher spent a decade between the 1930's and 1940's photographing Big Thicket people living and working in the old ways. His photographs, the only known collection on this subject, constitute an irreplaceable record of lifeways that first took root in the southeastern woodlands of the colonial United States and eventually spread all across the Southern frontier. 20081106. Fisher, Larry Jene. Country life Texas Big Thicket History 20th century Pictorial works. Outdoor life Texas Big Thicket History 20th century Pictorial works. Photographers Texas, East Biography. Texana. Manners and customs. Big Thicket (Tex) Social life and customs 20th century Pictorial works. Big Thicket (Tex) Biography Pictorial works. Illustrated works. Pictorial works. Fisher, Larry Jene. Hunt, C. E. Bridwell Texas history series. BTCLS