{"product_id":"home-on-the-double-bayou-ralph-semmes-jackson-9780292757424","title":"Home on the Double Bayou: Memories of an East Texas Ranch","description":"\u003cp\u003eOnce again, through a boy's eyes, Ralph Jackson sees a winter sky darkened with geese and ducks, a kitchen stove glowing with cheerful warmth, Aunt May strolling in her flower garden, moonlight filtering through treetops to cast patches of white light on a sandy woodland road.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgain he catches odors once so familiar: of a mysterious attic, of burning salt grass in late summer, of mountain streams with their fresh green smell, of dark-roast coffee and of slab bacon sizzling in the pan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe hears again a panther's scream from the darkness surrounding a campfire, the scampering of mice across the barnloft floor, the sigh of a felled pine tree changing to a crashing roar as it meets the ground, the sounds of a meal in preparation, the hum of a mosquito swarm rising from the marshes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe remembers the taste of barbecued goat, the sweet sharpness of peppermint candy, the flavor of gumdrops from the country store-where, as showcase neighbors of cigars and chewing tobacco, they acquired a faint tobacco taste.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd he feels again the welcome shock of frigid spring water on a hot perspiring body, the pleasant sensation of sand between his toes, the breathtaking exhilaration of swinging on a sapling top.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe joy of childhood on an East Texas ranch is the subject of this book: exciting events like the arrival of the first norther of the season, swimming with alligators, hogkilling, building tree houses, roundup, hunting and fishing, calf-riding, fording strange streams. Interspersed among these episodes are others of darker mood: a smallpox epidemic, the burning of the ranch house, wolves attacking the cattle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJackson's characters come alive. Scenes are vivid; moods are various and enveloping. The author has told the delightful story of his boyhood from a highly personal yet universal perspective, and in doing so he has presented a picture of a region of the state previously largely neglected in Texas literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ralph Semmes Jackson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292757425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292757424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d","brand":"Ralph Semmes Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987058622719,"sku":"9780292757424","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1721a49-c9b5-4571-8f2a-2d97731d1073.jpg?v=1683286764","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/home-on-the-double-bayou-ralph-semmes-jackson-9780292757424","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}