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The Creek
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Author : J. T. Glisson
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 1993-05-19
The Creek written by J. T. Glisson and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-05-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
"I had met only two or three of the neighboring Crackers when I realized that isolation had done something to these people. . . .They have a primal quality against their background of jungle hammock, moss-hung against the tremendous silence of the scrub country. The only ingredients of their lives are the elemental things."--Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, March 1930, in a letter to Alfred S. Dashiell of Scribner's Magazine Except for one extended black family and "one writer from up north," folks from Cross Creek were ornery, independent Crackers, J. T. Glisson writes in this memoir of growing up in the backwoods of north-central Florida. The time spanned the late twenties to the early fifties, and isolation and an abundance of mosquitoes and snakes were their claim to fame. The writer was Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. In her 25 years at the Creek, Miz Rawlings was regarded as "That Woman"--warm, high-strung, and simply eccentric. She drove recklessly, smoked in public, and had "black spells." A Pulitzer Prize did little to change her status. In Cross Creek everyone had space to be a character and every character had a title: the meanest, laziest, most pregnant, or best cat fisherman. Describing day-to-day life in unaffected prose, Glisson's portraits include Charley, the fisherman who did his banking in a Prince Albert tobacco can nailed to a tree; Bernie Bass, who spoke "perfect Florida Cracker without polish"; Old Blue, young Jake Glisson's nuisance hog; Aunt Martha Mickens, the matriarch of all the blacks at the Creek (including Henry, the first critic to pass judgment on Jake's drawings); and especially Jake's father, Tom, the man whose wisdom, boundless optimism, and colorful speech figure prominently in Rawlings's Cross Creek. (Of his famous neighbor, Tom once commented that "when she gets her tail up above her head, her brain don't work.") Glisson's own finely detailed pencil and pen-and-ink drawings illustrate these vignettes, and he explains that the idea of earning his living as an artist first came to him when he saw Rawlings's books illustrated with such vivid pictures that he could smell the sawgrass, sweat, and gunpowder of the Creek. No wonder: One edition of The Yearling--the story of a deer and a boy Jake's own age--was illustrated by N. C. Wyeth, who visited Cross Creek and chatted about drawing ("it's a matter of seeing and practice") while eleven-year-old Jake watched him sketch. Tom Glisson died while his son was enrolled in art school in Sarasota; three years later Miz Rawlings died, and an era ended. Today J. T. Glisson lives four and a half miles from the house where he grew up. When there's a breeze from the south, he writes, he sits on his porch and listens to the soft rustling of palmetto fronds, almost embarrassed by the beauty of his memories. J. T. Glisson has been an illustrator, publisher, and businessman
Up The Creek
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Author : Nicholas Oldland
language : en
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Release Date : 2017-04-04
Up The Creek written by Nicholas Oldland and has been published by Kids Can Press Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-04 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
The bear, the moose and the beaver are the best of friends, even though they often disagree. On a canoe trip, the trioÍs squabbling leads them into rough waters. Can they agree on a plan before itÍs too late?
Creek
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Author : Shirlee P. Newman
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback
Release Date : 1997-03-01
Creek written by Shirlee P. Newman and has been published by Turtleback this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-03-01 with categories.
Covers the culture, religion, history, and many other important facts about the Creek. Indians of the Americas.
The Creek
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Author : Danielle Smith-Llera
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2016-08
The Creek written by Danielle Smith-Llera and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08 with Creek Indians categories.
"Explains Creek history and highlights Creek life in modern society"--
The Creek War 1813 1814
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Author : Richard Blackmon
language : en
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Release Date : 2014
The Creek War 1813 1814 written by Richard Blackmon and has been published by Government Printing Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
The Creek War grew out of a civil war that pitted Creek Indians striving to maintain their traditional culture, called Red Sticks, against those Creeks who sought to assimilate with United States society.
Across The Creek
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Author : Rosanne Hawke
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2017-08-08
Across The Creek written by Rosanne Hawke and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-08 with Fiction categories.
Children in Aidan’s town have mysteriously disappeared for years. When his friend Jenice disappears, Aidan goes in search of her. He crosses a forbidden creek, and with the help of a piskey named Raff, ventures into an abandoned mine. Here he discovers a strange world populated by mythical creatures who came to Australia with the first Cornish miners over 160 years earlier. Has he uncovered the secret of the missing children? And can he and Jenice escape the horrible spriggans and their fearsome dragaroo, or will they be trapped in the mines forever?
If The Creek Don T Rise
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Author : Leah Weiss
language : en
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Release Date : 2017-08-22
If The Creek Don T Rise written by Leah Weiss and has been published by Sourcebooks, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-22 with Fiction categories.
"An immersive and deeply emotional reading experience—especially satisfying for readers who love richly drawn characters and a strong sense of place" —NPR He's gonna be sorry he ever messed with me and Loretta Lynn. Sadie Blue has been a wife for fifteen days. That's long enough to know she should have never hitched herself to Roy Tupkin, even with the baby. Sadie is desperate to make her own mark on the world, but in remote Appalachia, a ticket out of town is hard to come by and hope often gets stomped out. When a stranger sweeps into Baines Creek and knocks things off kilter, Sadie finds herself with an unexpected lifeline...if she can just figure out how to use it. Fans of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek will love this intimate insight into a fiercely proud, tenacious community and relish the voices of the forgotten folks of Baines Creek. With a colorful cast of characters and a flair for the Southern Gothic, If the Creek Don't Rise is a debut novel bursting with heart, honesty, and homegrown grit. "Like all great southern writers, Leah Weiss's magic turns the local into the universal." —Wiley Cash, New York Times bestselling author, on All The Little Hopes
Up The Creek
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Author : Natalie Hyde
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic Canada
Release Date : 2021-01-04
Up The Creek written by Natalie Hyde and has been published by Scholastic Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-04 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Has Chris Dearing finally broken his family’s run of bad luck? Find out in this hilarious, high-stakes companion to Mine! After a lifetime of bad luck, Chris Dearing is sure his family fortunes have finally turned around. With the help of some friends, he’s reclaimed his granddad’s old land in Dawson City, Yukon, and is adjusting to life with his new foster parents. While he waits for his dad to get out of jail — and get sober — Chris turns his attention to his next challenge: finding the gold that he knows is somewhere on his family’s claim. What’s standing in his way? A few things: a) he doesn’t know a thing about gold mining, and it turns out there’s a lot more to it than a pan in a creek; b) Lucy, the attack goose guarding the local junkyard; c) the fact that Family Services keeps getting in the way; d) two Filthy Rats trying to swindle Chris’s dad out of the gold; oh, and last but not least, e) the rumours that Chris’s grandfather didn’t actually find his gold — he stole it. The stakes are high and the hijinks even higher in this touching, witty companion to Mine!
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Author : Tracey Boraas
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2003
The Creek written by Tracey Boraas and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Creek Indians categories.
An overview of the past and present of the Creek people. Traces their customs, family life, history, and culture, as well as relations with the U.S. government.
The Creek
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Author : Liz Sonneborn
language : en
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Release Date : 2006-09-01
The Creek written by Liz Sonneborn and has been published by Lerner Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Meet the Creek Indians and learn about their establishment in America, their traditions and their values.