6/24/2023 0 Comments Fred gipson booksHis cousin Jay was the sparkplug of the things that happened Aaron Blood, a lonely bitter man who found companionship in boys who treated him like a human being, got back at his enemies when Jay suggested he race his bull in the horse ring Hopper's pet possum took on a tom cat with dire results raiding a peddler's wagon of fresh fruit brought its own punishment Jay brings a wasps' nest about his own ears and, throughout, Hopper's irresistible grandfather carries on his feud, to the death, with the giant turkey gobbler. Hopper Creech tells the stories, as they appeared to him- aged nine. Once again, Fred Gipson's magic gives the reader a sense of folkways in tales of youth pitted against rather tenuous authority, free to roam woods and fields. Short stories strung together on the thread of common characters and background - a year in the lives of the people in "Recollection Creek" - not too far from San Antonio.
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