The cedar choppers: life on the edge of nothing (Sam Rayburn series on rural life #24)
United States history, Nature, Environment, Biography, Economics, Business and economics, Home and garden
Human-narrated audio
Summary
During his pre-teen years, Ken Roberts had his first encounter with cedar choppers west of Austin, which provoked the question, "Who are these people?". The Cedar Choppers: Life on the Edge of Nothing is his entertaining, and informative answer. Based… on interviews with several generations of cedar choppers and others, Roberts weaves together the lively, gritty story of these largely Scots-Irish migrants with roots in Appalachia who settled on the west side of the Balcones Fault during the mid-19th century, subsisting on hunting, trapping, moonshining, and, by the early 20th century, cutting, transporting, and selling cedar fence posts and charcoal. Adult. Some violence. Strong language