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Keys to the Archive: A Gathering of Old MenMain MenuAboutIntroductionKeyword EntriesTracesCreative responses to the archival collectionsThe CollectionsBibliographyDavid Squiresc613f45970ae89ef70516076df94370392b06674
Encroaching Sugarcane
1media/Encroaching Sugarcane_thumb.jpg2020-11-15T01:12:36+00:00Lauren Bedsole928cfa58c1ab3dbffdd93d8421e7eca140059c2e54Gaines worried the cemetery where many of his ancestors were buried might be lost to sugarcane fields if he didn't work to preserve it. In A Gathering, the character Johnny Paul gives voice to that concern, saying, "that tractor is getting closer and closer to that graveyard, and I was scared....one day that tractor was gonna come in there and plow up them graves, getting rid of all proof that we ever was."plain2021-06-01T21:28:57+00:0010/1/2020Lauren Barker BedsoleDavid Squiresc613f45970ae89ef70516076df94370392b06674
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