The Stories of I. C. Eason, King of the Dog People

I enjoyed this book immensely. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in the Big Thicket, and to those who just enjoy a good read about southern country people. As the man said in his song, "We can skin a buck, we can run a trotline...."

Its hard to believe that the dog people lived on untitled land from before the war for southern independence up until the 1970s. But it is absolutely true my roots go deep in east texas on my mothers side and similar stories have been handed down through the generations in my family. The dog peoples world was irreversibly changed through the greed of the timber companies and oil companies never to be the same. I.C. Eason as the main charactor in this book is a heroic figure as someone who doesn't care or give a damn of what you think of him and one of fierce individualism. Read this book if you want something so different from the everyday.

I originally stumbled across this book when I typed 'Eason' in the computer at our local library while randomly searching for books. When I read the description I knew that these were my relatives. My family is from all over Texas from before it was a part of the US. This part of the family is from East Texas. My Grandpa Eason last lived in Thicket, TX.I give this a 5 star rating, not because I'm a relative, but because it is rich with the history and language I know from when I lived near Houston 30+ years ago.