Recollections of Country Joe
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What was the rural South like for many years after the Civil War? What did people do for a living? Country Joe remembers. This is an account of what life was like in the country for the common man. Joe's family had hard lives, but they had provision and joy as well. Growing up in rural north Louisiana, Joe learned firsthand about hard work and family. S.E. Lee writes from Joe's spoken memories. In this work Joe tells us about the medicine, transportation, schools, and the country food that he knew growing up. Reading it, one gets a glimpse of the happiness and hardship of growing up in the rural South, after the Civil War, and before economic rebirth.
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Country Joe was a contemporary of my
dad's dad. Many of the stories Joe
tells are similar to stories my grandma
and grandpa told. The most surprising
stories were of people helping each
other out, in big ways, like building
a house.
My favorite story was of the
first time Joe left home, to travel
with a friend who had tuberculosis out
to dry west Texas. One night, Joe and
his friend stayed in a hotel. It was
the first Joe had seen of electricity.
That night, both young men were too
scared of the electricity to turn off
the light switch!
I used to love to
hear my grandma tell stories of her
life as a young girl and young mom,
so this book was a treat for me.
