Foothold on a Hillside: Memories of a Southern Illinoisan

by Charless Caraway

Book Overview

In a style reminiscent of the master storytellers of yore, Charless Caraway recounts the story of his life, as a man and a boy, on small farms in Saline and Jackson counties, particularly around Eldorado, Makanda, and Etherton Switch. He makes no bones about the hardships of those "old days," first helping his father eke out a living from the land, then scrambling for a living as a sharecropper and fruit picker, as he scrimped and saved for the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809312972
• ISBN13: 9780809312979
• Release Date: November 1986
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 8.0"