Memories and reflections of a Florida cracker

Name/Title

Memories and reflections of a Florida cracker

Entry/Object ID

Library.1515

Description

xviii, 499 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Memories and reflections of a Florida cracker by Tyrie Alvis Boyer. "Tyrie Alvis Boyer was born and raised during the Great Depression. His family survived on subsistence farming in rural Florida. During WW II, he joined the U.S. Navy and flew PB2Y airplanes in the Pacific area. He married Betty Gale who encouraged him through college, law school, and a successful law practice and judicial career." Contents: My birth and family -- Our community -- Stories in country vernacular -- The Depression and my childhood -- The Navy and early matrimony -- Family and work -- Why me, oh Lord? (near death experiences) -- Hunting adventures -- Miscellaneous thoughts and writings -- Appendix including history of the Boyer Family, the Flynn Family, Clancy Family, the Strickland Family, the Gale Family.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Boyer, Tyrie Alvis., Jacksonville (Florida) -- Biography., Judges -- Florida -- Jacksonville., Florida -- History -- 20th century., Florida -- History -- Personal narratives., Florida -- Rural conditions., Country life -- Florida -- History -- 20th century -- Anecdotes., Florida -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Anecdotes.

Publication Details

Author

Boyer, Tyrie Alvis

Publisher

Bailey Publishing & Communications

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Jacksonville, Fla

Call No.

F 316.23 .B6 A3 2012

ISBN

9780970104915