Holy Roller : : Growing up in the Church of Knock Down Drag Out, or, How I Quit Loving a Blue-Eyed Jesus : a Childhood Memoir
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A Texas Gulf Coast shrimper and author of An Unreasonable Woman describes growing up in rural Texas in a family of Holy Rollers, detailing a childhood of tent revivals, snake handling, and evangelism and reflecting on its influence on her adult life, activism, and dedication to social justice.
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PUBLISHED
White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., c2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 210 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781933392820
1933392827
SUBJECTS
Wilson, Diane, -- 1948- -- Childhood and youth.
Wilson, Diane, -- 1948- -- Family.
Shrimpers (Persons) -- Seadrift.
Pentecostals -- Seadrift.
Environmentalists -- Biography.
Political activists -- Biography.
Seadrift (Tex.) -- Biography.
Seadrift (Tex.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Seadrift (Tex.) -- Rural conditions.
Seadrift (Tex.) -- Religious life and customs.