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MAYHAW, TEXAS IBD

GATEKEEPER PRESS
11 / 2024
9781662956157
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Sinopsis

Mayhew, Texas is loaded with colorful characters attached to twin brothers who land in Mayhaw, a small Texas town named for a tree that produces fruit turned into tasty jam, jelly and wine. Self-made and natural problems are solved by fictional folks such as the barbering Beaukiss brothers, Wes and Ches, Shine Parker, their shoe-shine man, and a three-legged dog named John Bell Hood, who solves a criminal case.áAlso included are a Baptist preacher named Catfish Kincheloe, who smokes White Owl cigars and drives a big car, Hoojay, a Czech immigrant who creates a legendary barbecue restaurant, WesâÇÖ enigmatic wife, Becca, and some baseball and football heroes.áThe Mayhaw gang encounters some real people along their 1930s journey, where fact and fiction are allowed to blend.áSegregation was a fact of life in Texas at that time, and the Ku Klux Klan was still a feared commodity.áReligion ands sports were important in Mayhaw -- and still are.

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