Synopses & Reviews
Text extracted from opening pages of book: HIGHWAYS A OF THE SOUTH WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY CLIFTON JOHNSON Published by THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED A CONSIDERABLE portion of the material included in this volume was first published in Outing, The Booklovers Magazine, The Pilgrim, Woman's Home Companion, The Boston Transcript, The Springfield Republican, The Interior, and in The Outlook, IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA' Contents Page I. Spring on the Florida Coast ..... i II. Way down upon the Suwanee River . . .29 III. A County-seat in Alabama . . . . - 75 IV. Among the Georgia Crackers ..... 96 V. In the Tennessee Mountains . . . . .121 VI. The Birthplace of Lincoln, . . . 147 VII. A Glimpse of Kentucky Blue Grass, . .174 VIII, On the Banks of the Ohio 191 IX. A Virginia Wonder . . . . . .210 X. The Battlefield of Bull Run 228 XI. John Brown's Town ...... 244 XII. In Cotton Harvest Time . . . . .265 XIII. A Quest for Tar 290 XIV. Round about Old Jamestown . . . . 313 XV. The Niggers 330 List of Illustrations Page In Southern Florida ..... Frontispiece A Well i Ancient Spanish Gateway at St. Augustine 3 Palmettoes on the Indian River ...... 5 A Characteristic Landscape ...... 7 A Colored Truck Farmer . . . . . . .11 A Planter ready to start for Market . . . . .15 On the Borders of the Everglades . . . . .18 An Indian Dugout . ., . . . . .19 Seminole Indians from the Everglades . . . Facing 2 1 Grubbing up Palmetto Scrub .... Facing 24 Picking Oranges ........ 26 Washing in the Yard . . . . . .29 A Successful Search for Eggs . . . . . - 35 Water from the Village Pump . . . . . .39 The Colored People's Schoolhouse 43 The Jew's-harp ........ 49 The Bell-ringers . Facing56 A Drink from the Suwanee 63 x List of Illustrations Page Mosquitoes ....... Facing 70 The Court-house Front 75 A Favorite Loitering Place, . . . . - 77 Quiet on the Town Street . . . . . - 79 A Typical Old-time Mansion . . . . . .82 Repairing a Chair . . . . . . . .84 A Discussion ...... Facing 86 Keeping the Grass out of the Cemetery .... 89 The Negro Cemetery 91 An Improvised Hothouse ..... Facing 92 A Country Mule hitched on a Town Street . . . .95 At Home ......... 96 A Schoolroom Corner . . . . . . .98 A Country Store ...... Facing 100 Bee Gums . . . . . ., . .104 A Foot-bridge . . . . . . . .107 Working in the Garden, . . . . . . 1 1 o Hickory Whistles ...... Facing 1 1 2 Neighbors . . . . . . . . .115 Returning from the Hen-house . . . . . .119 A Drink at the Spring . . . . . .121 An Old-time Tavern . . . . . . .122 A Mountain Mill . . . . . . . 125 In an Upland Corn-field . . . . . . .128 Evening on the Porch . . . . . . .131 Dipping SnufF Facing 134 An Inhabitant of the Mountains P, u Facing 138 List of Illustrations xi Page Ploughing among the Girdled Chestnuts . . . .141 Pioneer Homemakers ..... Facing 142 A Woodland Schoolhouse . . . . . .145 The Entrance to the Mammoth Cave . . . 147 Hodgensville . . . . . . . . 154 The Site of the Lincoln Cabin . . . ., .156 A Pail of Water from the Lincoln Spring . . . .159 The Fisherman ...... Facing 164 A Wounded Crow . . . . . . . .169 On the Highway ...... Facing 1 70 Weeding a Tobacco Bed . . . . . . .174 A Blue-grass Mansion . . . . . . .176 An Old Toll-gate House on the Pike 178 A Country Storekeeper . Facing 1 80 Rubbing down a Trotter . . . . . . .183 A Village Scene 184 At the Back Door Facing 1 89 An Onion Patch 191 A FerrySteamer . ., . . . . .192 Corn-meal Day Facing 195 Some Farm Buildings . . . . . . .196 Going Home from the Spring . . . . . .198 A Riverside Team ..... .. 203 A Schoolgirl at Home Facing 206 Rafts on a Tributary ....... 209 The Natural Bridge . . . . . .210 Planting Watermelons . . . 2 1 3 xii List of Illustrations - . Page A Spring-house . . . . ., -. .. 215 A Farmer's Boy 217 A Load of Logs 219 A Sunny Afternoon - Facing 220 Splitting out Shingles from an Oak . . . . .222 A Home Gateway ........ 223 Companions ....... Facing 224 Stone Bridge over Bu