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Storytime: Diamonds in the Rough—1800s Memories of Minnie Carter
Read more: Storytime: Diamonds in the Rough—1800s Memories of Minnie CarterA very long time ago, my great-grandmother Minnie Carter Boston shared for posterity some of her memories of life growing up in rural Arkansas in the late 1800s, in the piney woods and rolling hills. Her daughter-in-law (and my grandmother) Gypsy Damaris Petty Boston transcribed the memories while they lived in Shreveport, Louisiana. Arkansas is…
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Storytime: Childhood in 1920s Cajun country
Read more: Storytime: Childhood in 1920s Cajun countryStorytime: Childhood in 1920s Cajun Country Vignettes from Annie Hardy Calais “My name is Annie Hardy Calais. I was born on July 26, 1927… The year of the great flood, the same day as St. Ann, that is the day of her feast.” So begins this lovely memoir of Annie Hardy Calais, who shares many…
