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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.