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Page 92
... farmer , which makes all the more poignant his contemporary tragedy . Farmers and farm workers are among the poorest people in the United States . They aren't very healthy . They do not prosper . And they are so beholden to others that ...
... farmer , which makes all the more poignant his contemporary tragedy . Farmers and farm workers are among the poorest people in the United States . They aren't very healthy . They do not prosper . And they are so beholden to others that ...
Page 95
... farmers are a majority , only one of the county committees that decide whether a farmer will get a Farmers Home Administration government loan has a Negro on it . A friend of Cooper's who had farmed twenty- one years and had good credit ...
... farmers are a majority , only one of the county committees that decide whether a farmer will get a Farmers Home Administration government loan has a Negro on it . A friend of Cooper's who had farmed twenty- one years and had good credit ...
Page 102
... farming , or a trade like brickmasonry . Everyone can't do farming . But I hope they won't have to leave home . Oh , I ... farmer - they are hard - working , sober , coura- geous , and a fine family . But they are poor , they are getting ...
... farming , or a trade like brickmasonry . Everyone can't do farming . But I hope they won't have to leave home . Oh , I ... farmer - they are hard - working , sober , coura- geous , and a fine family . But they are poor , they are getting ...
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I aint had a letter in twelve months And that | 103 |
that road any more | 112 |
I want my boys to come home | 124 |
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