The Family Saga
USA), Francis Edward Abernethy (Regents Professor Emeritus, Stephen F. Austin State University, / USA), Jerry Bryan Lincecum (Shoap Professor of English, Austin College, / Vick, Frances B.
The family saga is made up of an accumulation of separate family legends. These are the stories of the old folks and the old times that are told among the family when they gather for funerals or Thanksgiving dinner. These are the "remember-when" stories the family tells about the time when the grownups were children. Included here are stories grouped by common topics, such as the Civil War, Brushes with Fame, Animals, Wild and Domestic, Ghosts...