Cracker Culture: Celtic Ways in the Old South

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents ix
• Illustrations xi
• Preface xiii
• Prologue xxi
• I - Settlement 1
• II - Heritage 23
• III - Herding 51
• IV - Hospitality 80
• V - Pleasures 105
• VI - Violence 146
• VII - Moral 171
• VIII - Education 193
• IX - Progress 218
• X - Worth 245
• XI - Collision 268

• Title Page iii
• Contents ix
• Illustrations xi
• Preface xiii
• Prologue xxi
• I - Settlement 1
• II - Heritage 23
• III - Herding 51
• IV - Hospitality 80
• V - Pleasures 105
• VI - Violence 146
• VII - Moral 171
• VIII - Education 193
• IX - Progress 218
• X - Worth 245
• XI - Collision 268
• Appendix - Sources on the Origins of Surnames 273
• Index 278
• About the Author 291