Papers of Janice Daugharty, MS-22

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ID Title Characters Setting Brief Review (Events) Key words Additional information Box # Folder #
6 When You Whistle Roper
Beanie
Louise
Taylor
Eugene
Mayday small rural South Georgia community Louise starts out with changing, saving, only her own family, but realizes the quarters are her family (she has worked in fields with women, set oup pines, etc., while the men worked for turpentine compane in Mayday. When company closed down turpentine operation in Mayday Louise had persuaded the company to let quarters stay on their land, so people would have a place to live. Now women work in town (maybe) and men work at drugs and gambling and illegal whiskey--things are worse than before. beatings whiskey numerous pages, not a complete story 5 6