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LOGGER'S SHEET: SI-FP-1986-CT-144 LOGGER: Charles Joseph / Sarah Morgan REEL NUMBER: 1 STAGE: Tennessee Narrative #2 DATE: 7/4 86 PRESENTOR: Robert Fulcher [[strikethrough]] GROUP NAME: [[/strikethrough]] TOPIC: River Life & Lore REGION/STYLE: Tennessee - Tennessee & Ohio River PERFORMER(S) INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION John Pettigrew ("Pistol") - Fisherman CONTENTS [[left margin1]] A [[/left margin]] 1. - discussion of occupations on the Tennessee River 2. - story about working on a [[strikethrough]] river [[/strikethrough]] tow boat - description of "duck's nest" 3. - floating of boat into saloon during flood 4. - picking up load of cattle & hogs to save them from flood 5. - hogs slaughtered, cattle farmed out 6. - become a "roustabout" at age 21 7. - Discussion of occupation of a "roustabout" 8. - Sinking of the "City of Paducah" 9. - description of "bones" playing -- dice playing; related story 10. - discussion of occupation change -- towboat to commercial fishing 11. Discussion of fishing equipment, baits 12. Short discussion of "musseling"; dependence of Japanese pearl industry on mussels from the Tennessee River 13.