James Turner was born on July 20, 1940, in Clinton, South Carolina, a small town about 25 miles south of Greenwood, where James and his wife, Vickie, currently live. His father worked in a textile factory as a machine operator, and his mother, for the most part, was a homemaker. When I asked James if he knew the origin of his last name, he said he never had any interest in looking into it. To his recollection, his great-great-grandmother on his father’s side was a Cherokee Indian, but the Turner last name is a common name originating in England, dating back as far as the 12th century. “They say if you shake the tree long enough, a monkey will fall out,” says James. Growing up with an older brother and a younger sister, James recalls neither …show more content…
“I went to Academy Street Grammar School and graduated from Clinton High School. We weren’t rich, but we were happy. Good thing about those days was that we never knew we were poor,” reflects James. Just like his father, James had animals since his early childhood. Although he doesn’t remember why he wanted pigeons at the age of six, he remembers several people in the neighborhood having barn pigeons. James’ father built his first pigeon box, which could hold only two pairs of birds, when James was six years old. Back then, they fed their pigeons with scratch feed that consisted of wheat, milo, and corn. Up until he joined the military, James had common barn pigeons and some show breeds, but the first purebred pigeons he owned were a pair of Carneaus. James remembers how expensive his first purebred pigeons were and how far his dad and he traveled to get them. “We drove seventeen miles and paid $4 for a pair of red Carneaus,” says James, indicating it was a big deal back then. Only when James was in the military or when he relocated did he not have pigeons; otherwise, he clearly remembers breeding pigeons since he was six years …show more content…
He wondered why Rollers did not come with all of the colors that he saw in his other fancy pigeons. He wondered why he couldn’t have pretty colored birds that also rolled well. He had no genetic books to read or anyone to talk to about his ideas and questions, but he started to wonder about why only certain breeds of pigeons were able to produce different colors. When I asked James if that was his first genetic project, he said, “Color-wise, it was that recessive yellow, but I didn’t have much success with it. I tried to reproduce more of those recessive yellows, but I didn’t know exactly how to do that at the time. In all honesty, I don’t remember my first serious color project in Rollers either because I was always interested in genetics and breeding things. Now, you have to realize nobody taught me any genetics, and I didn’t read any genetic books when I started fooling around with genetics, but every time I got a strange-looking pigeon, I tried to reproduce it. I didn’t always understand what genes and chromosomes were, but from my breeding experiments, I could figure out how to get what I wanted,” says James, indicating pigeon breeders don’t have to know anything about genetics to produce the desired traits or champion performers. According to James, the really good breeders, even if they don’t know any genetics, can still keep good pedigree so that they know the ancestry of their birds. To
Jennifer Price informs the readers about an economy in which a simple bird helped bloom it. For example the inclusion of many hotels and restaurants that utilized the bird as an eye opener. As she said “ a flamingo stands out in a desert even more strikingly than on a lawn.” The bird was used for numerous things including the affluence of a population that had just gotten out of the Great Depression. Jennifer Price also includes the birds magnificent color and how it also helped the economy.
In The Last Passenger Pigeon Gene Stratton-Porter describes herself and her family’s interactions with wildlife, especially hunting birds. Stratton-Porter’s father was a very religious man, not allowing any of his twelve children to harm doves and passenger pigeons because they are portrayed in the bible as holy. According to their website, “Later, in the New Testament, the pigeon was first mentioned during the baptism of Christ where the dove descended as the Holy Spirit” (“21 Amazing Facts about Pigeons”). Gene Stratton Porter wrote The Last Passenger Pigeon to inform the people of her time and generations to come how humans’ actions impact wildlife in many ways. The author states, “He used to tell me that they were among the
When you think your average baseball player, what do you think of? The player usually has all of his arms, legs, and no physical disabilities. Anyone who plays baseball would think it is hard to imagine that a person born without a right arm is able to play the game and let only be able to be a pitcher. Jim Abbott faces all the odds and has ten-year career in the major leagues. Abbott had to faces many obstacles throughout life and his playing career. Jim Abbott grew up being picked on since he didn’t have a right arm. When Abbott was younger he would use a steel hook as right hand and other children were afraid of him. Also, they called him names like Mr. Hook.
In week three, our professor a question in regards to Turner’s thesis asked a question of me. The question that was posed to me was this, “which groups did he (Turner) exclude and why should they be included if we are to provide a balanced accounting”? After going back and reading the thesis again to make sure I had not miss anything, I still felt that Turner was very biased in his thinking. I gave my honest feedback on who I felt was left out of the thesis and was going to leave it at that, however I thought, before I submit let me see what other historians are saying about this thesis and Turner in the field of history. Well, was a I surprised when I was informed this was a leading paper in on the American West. However, I still could
The Turner Thesis in the Modern United States Despite being written over one hundred years ago, Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier Thesis is still valid to this very day. Turner developed his Frontier Thesis as a means to determine where distinctly American characteristics developed. Turner stated that it was the Western settlers who developed a unique identity as they adapted and tamed the Frontier. Consequently, Turner saw this process as an evolution of a distinctly American culture – people who were not afraid to venture westward in order to exploit resources. As these people relocated westward in search of resources, more settlements developed in the West.
James Bowie was born on April 10,1796 in Logan County Kentucky. His father actually fought in the American Revolution. His mother was a nurse that treated his father and they later fell in love. He was the 9th child of 10! As a child he was expected to farm in his home near Bayou Teche in Louisiana. He had moved many times previously places including Kentucky and Missouri. His family had a lot of cattle and farmland. He was home schooled which is where he learned to read, speak, and write English and he also learned how to speak, read, and write fluent Spanish and French. he was extremely smart and had a lot of "bad" He left home at the age of 18 with his brother Rezin. To gain money him and his brother entered a partner ship with the pirate
After these episodes, the images related to birds are absent form the narrative until the chapter 29. Following the summer on Grand Isle, where she had awakening experiences, she starts to express her desire for independence in New Orleans through her move to her own house, the pigeon house "because it's so small and looks like a pigeon house" (pp 84). The nickname of the pigeon house is very significant because a pigeon house is a place where pigeons, birds that have adapted to and benefited from the human society, are kept cooped up.
In 1831, slavery was a major issue. Nat Turner was one of many slaves at this point in time. Nat along with many other slaves was getting fed up with their masters. Little did his master know he was in for a treat.
" University Of Windsor Review 16.1 (1981): 92-101. Print. The. Laurence, Margaret. A.S.A. & M.S.A. A Bird in the House. Toronto, ON: McCelland & Stewart, 2010.
Peasants set out to discover their fortune and explore their talents in the free market. The Comte de Virieu, a member of the National Assembly, subsequently suggested the right to control pigeon houses be terminated (Herbert). Because pigeons destroyed crops, the lords had confined all the pigeons.... ... middle of paper ... ...
that pigeons must deal with in order to function in their society, calling pigeons “the spiks
Gordon Parks was a photographer and humanitarian with a passion for documenting poverty, and civil rights in the second half of the 20th century. His signature style continues to be celebrated as one of the most iconic of the time.
Jones’s “The Girl Who Raised Pigeons” there is a sense of unity within society and family that can be easily correlated to the theme of The Builders. A perfect example of this within society is when Jones states,” he clothed her with a yellow outfit and its yellow bonnet that Wilma Ellis, the school teacher next door, had given Betsy Ann...On the sidewalk he covered her with a light green blanket the Dr. Oscar Jackson and his family up the street had given the baby… Beside her, he placed a blue rattle from the janitor Jake Horton across the street” (Jones 1346). This is important because it shows how the different members of the community of different occupations have all reached out with helping hands to help raise Betsy Ann. In relation to Lawrence, this demonstrates the work being done by members of the society and as a result, the unity is revealed. Another example of this is when Miss Etta sees Betsy Ann and asks, “Yo daddy know you this far from home” (Jones 1353). Although Betsy Ann did not know Miss Anna knew her name, she ultimately gets her out of trouble and sends her home. Once again, the society is working together to help with Betsy Ann and to help one another since Miss Etta could have easily let her get punished by the store
Updike, John. "A & P." Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories. (New York : Knopf, 1962).
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