Big Thicket People: Larry Jene Fisher's Photographs of the Last Southern Frontier

by C.E. Hunt and Larry Jene Fisher

Living off the land--hunting, fishing, and farming, along with a range of specialized crafts that provided barter or cash income--was a way of life that persisted well into the twentieth century in the Big Thicket of southeast Texas. Before this way of life ended with World War II, professional photographer Larry Jene Fisher spent a decade between the 1930s and 1940s photographing Big Thicket people living and working in the old ways. His photographs,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292717822
• ISBN13: 9780292717824
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.3" x 10.2"