The Kudzu That Ate Yazoo CityJunior Jenkins, influenced by a large family, poverty, faith, and the ever-present kudzu vine, mingles fact, fiction and homegrown wisdom to remember those cotton picking days in Yazoo City, Mississippi. |
Contents
And Then There Was Kudzu | 17 |
Mingo Chito and the Yazoo Nation | 23 |
Yazoo City Kudzu Capital | 29 |
From Capitol Hill to Graball Hill | 35 |
Yazoos Poorest Million Dollar Family | 39 |
Im Telling Momma On You | 45 |
TBaby Shinky Beakie and Snake | 55 |
Topey the Righteous Wonder Dog | 61 |
Main Street Memories | 81 |
A Bum Breaks Up Church | 87 |
A Pinch of Religion | 93 |
Family of Cars | 99 |
Puppy Love | 105 |
Yazoo Yazoo We Are So Proud Of You | 111 |
North Big 8 Champions | 119 |
Child Labor | 125 |
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