White, C.C. and Ada Morehead Holland, No Quittin' Sense

No Quittin' Sense

Holland, Ada Morehead

White, Charley C.

Religion & Spirituality

Univ of Texas Pr

This story, set in the Piney Woods country of East Texas, spans most of a century, from shortly after the close of the Civil War to the 1960's. It is the story of Charley White, who was born in the middle of those woods—in a decaying windowless log cabin a few years after his mother and father were freed from slavery. His childhood, lived in almost unbelievable poverty, was followed by financial stability achieved in middle age through years of struggle. And then, in order to obey God's will, he abandoned this secure life, and for forty years he waged a one-man war on poverty and intolerance.
Winner of the Carr P. Collins Award (best nonfiction book) of the Texas Institute of Letters, No Quittin' Sense presents the story of Rev. C. C. "Charley" White, whose life has inspired thousands of readers since the book was first published in 1969.
This edition is a digital facsimile of the 1969 edition.

Biographies & Memoirs

White, the Reverend C. C.

Community & Culture

University of Texas Press

Mr. Claude is an unforgettable and moving account of a sawmill worker, his forebears and descendants, in rural Texas from the end of the Texas Revolution until the 1960s. It is also the real story of family joys and sorrows, personal strengths and quirks. Ada Morehead Holland faithfully captures the rhythms and nuances of East Texas speech--and its changes through the generations--and vividly portrays this man, this family, and this manner of people

Mr. Claude

Historical

Texas A&M University Press

Brush Country Woman (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M, No 26)

On a few sandy acres in the middle of the harsh, wild prairie of South Texas, young Helen Sewell grew to adulthood, as hardy and tenacious as the brush that grew around her. This is her story. In 1908, at the age of eleven, Helen moved with her family to what would later become Jim Hogg County. Shaped by her rugged environment, she worked with her father in the field doing a man's work for three years, without benefit of schools, churches, or medical attention. Then, filled with desire for an education, she began to acquire an unorthodox, haphazard one that eventually led to college. She tutored children, taught school for a time, and served as county/district clerk. Then she met and married Texas Ranger, later sheriff, Pell Harbison. On the ranch they bought near Hebbronville, they raised six children and shared a life of challenge, growth, and stubborn hard work. After her husband's death, Helen Harbison herself ran the ranch for thirty more years. Holland provides an accurate picture of life in South Texas in the first half of this century and a fascinating portrait of a woman of the Texas brush who was determined, independent, and capable in an age when women were not expected to be.

Brush Country Woman (Volume 26) (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University)

Arts & Literature

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