Muzzled Oxen : Reaping Cotton and Sowing Hope in 1920s Arkansas.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Part 1: Hearts Turned Back to Dixie -- 1. Unto the Mountain of Nebo -- 2. Preview -- 3. An Exile from Erin -- 4. The Profit of the Earth Is for All -- 5. The Story of Cotton -- 6. You-all Come! -- 7. The Bottomless Pit of Misery -- Part II: That Heap o' Livin' -- 8. Poor Little House -- 9. Pussy Wants a Corner -- 10. My Baby, Sure Enough -- 11. Outa Heart -- 12. Poke and Sassafras -- 13. Emma Lee -- 14. I See Those Big Eyes Peeping -- 15. Fleshpots of Egypt -- 16. All Will Be Well -- 17. You Forgot the Grease -- 18. The Ozark Mountain Boys -- 19. Wild Geese -- 20. Seen Better Days -- 21. I Never Mind the Weather When the Wind Don't Blow -- 22. Farming in Dixieland -- 23. Lidy's Baby -- 24. Oh, Sailor, Come Ashore -- 25. Split-Board Sunbonnets -- 26. Doodle-Bug -- 27. The Square Dance -- 28. Grandmother's Visit -- 29. Indian Summer -- 30. Memories -- 31. Old Hames -- 32. Arkansas Blues -- 33. The Flower Garden -- 34. The Land of Can Happen -- 35. All-Day Singin' -- 36. Stringtown -- 37. Malaria -- 38. The Cropper Speaks -- 39. A Jungle in the Temperate Zone -- 40. The Bargers and Cranes -- 41. Cypress and Yew -- 42. Philosophy -- 43. Rain at Night -- 44. Harley's Wife Dies -- 45. Pink Lemonade -- 46. The Lady Moon -- 47. Day After Day -- 48. No Sloven Can Make Good Butter -- 49. The Storm Cellar -- 50. Beautiful Mountains -- 51. Clouds of Glory -- 52. Bill Stafford -- 53. Frankincense and Myrrh -- 54. New Year's Letter to a Mother -- 55. The Missionary Meeting -- 56. Auld Acquaintance -- 57. The Waters of Life -- 58. The Holy Rollers -- 59. The Slough of Despond -- 60. Cotton Town -- 61. Last Letters to a Mother -- 62. October's Bright Blue Weather.

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