[audiobook] Big Thicket People (Bridwell Texas History) by Larry Jene Fisher; Thad Sitton at Arts-Photography

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A Great American StoryBy Carl W. HuntSitton and Hunt recap the Great American Story. told many times in many places in this great nation. Blending a worthy narrative with an amazing array of photographs from Larry Jene Fisher. the authors remind us why and how America became so great and why East Texas is such a magnificent story of its own. Read this book if you want to understand what made America and Texas rich and dynamic. Study this book if you want to recall what we must build on to keep our nation great. Theres a reason we are who we are and Big Thicket People captures that story superbly.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. PerfectBy L. MortonI was very pleased to find this book for personal reasons. My dad was named after Larry Jene Fisher and had asked several times for me to find something out about him. I had found very limited info. on him online in the past and this book was just what we were looking for. Some biographical info. on Mr. Fisher and a couple of photos of him. the rest on a past era of inhabitants of the Big Thicket.2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. extraordinary pictures of a lost cultureBy Bruce DruryBig Thicket People by Thad Sitton and Charles Hunt provides an invaluable pictorial record of a back woods culture that has faded from the scene.Larry Jean Fisher moved to Saratoga. Texas and the area called the Big Thicket in the mid 1930s when his first career as a silent movie pianist was ended by the "talkies". We are extremely fortunate that he chose to apply his artistic talents to photography for his pictures provide authentic images of a lost culture.The Big Thicket is a unique ecological area whose major feature is quite well described by its name. For some the "Thicket" provided a hiding place and for others it meant a meager livelihood. but its harsh and also bountiful environs shaped the lives of those who established homes there. Fisher took pictures of the rustic culture that he found in and around Saratoga. The negatives of his pictures were fortunately passed to the custody of the Lamar University Library where they were finally published by Sitton and Hunt.The natural history of the Big Thicket was significantly altered by timber-cutting and oil exploration. but it is now slowly reverting to its original state under the protection of the National Park Services 100.000 acre Big Thicket National Preserve. The Preserve. however. can not bring back the way of life so we are left with the Fisher pictures and the descriptions by Sitton and Hunt.This short volume provides an excellent review of life in the Big Thicket. but it leaves one wanting more than just this taste of what once was.