Chewing the Fat

Uncle Ozro, Grandma Goody, and Vinegar Pie


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...in which Rex and Paul talk about St. Mary's Catholic Church above Altus, the Coal Miners Memorial, the museum in Altus, German and Swiss immigrants, the Catfish Inn at Dardanelle, the Council Oaks, Pottsville, Russellville, Paul's visit to the Goodwin family reunion, his Uncle Ozro, the Black River, Lawrence County migration to Illinois after World War I, Paul's fractured sense of privilege and rediscovery (invention?) of his French ancestry and resultant special abilities, the Dry Creek Missionary Baptist Church, Paul's Grandma Goody, Highway 25 between Strawberry and Batesville, Cave City watermelons and tourist courts, "marker tree" legends, Diaz vs. Dyess, the transition from Delta to uplands, the ingredients for vinegar pie (it's better than it sounds), blackberry cobbler, Rex's life as a chigger and tick magnet, crabapple jelly, Cracker Barrel, and how Rex and Paul and Paul's son, Josh, decided not to joke around on the swinging bridge between Oark and Catalpa.
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Chewing the FatBy Central Arkansas Library System

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