Sanders, Drew,  1947- <br/><br/>
The Garden of Eden :  the story of a freedmen's community in Texas / 
by Drew Sanders. 
 - Fort Worth, Texas :  TCU Press,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource (xv, 204 pages) :  illustrations, maps 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>The Loyds and the long road to Texas --  Navidad Nation: the Cheney family in Lavaca County --  Birdville: setting the stage for the Garden of Eden --  Aunt Doll and the Sam Bass stories: Major Cheney comes of age --  Early life in the Garden of Eden --  Other African American communities in Tarrant County and how they relate to the Garden of Eden --  The Cheney children --  Sand and gravel --  Unraveling: a new generation and depressing times --  Use it up, wear it out, make it do --  A new generation of Sanderses --  Rebuilding community in the twenty-first century --  Appendix: Family connections [family trees. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Texas--Tarrant County--Biography.<br/>Freed persons--Texas--Tarrant County--Biography.<br/>African American families--History.--Texas--Tarrant County<br/>Community life--History.--Texas--Tarrant County<br/>African American neighborhoods--History.--Texas--Tarrant County<br/>African American neighborhoods--History.--Texas--Fort Worth
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F392  / .G373 2015