"I wish I could say it was out of an inner outrage at the horror, but mainly it was just reactive and self-protective. The long view comes late, if it comes at all."
Busby, Mark. Cedar Crossing. Forth Worth: Texas Christian UP, 2013. Print. 1.
Cedar Crossing is where this college boy asks all of his relatives about the history of the Trans-Cedar lynching. The Trans-Cedar lynching was apparently something of Texas history that no one cared to remember because it was very terrible. The reason why I selected that quote is because of the time period of the book was built behind a horrible outrage that happened in history. This type of history was very protected but went on for a very long time. I also selected this quote because many people have a long view but different views of this point in history in the book called Cedar Crossing.
"Frank Rubarth". East Texas Normal College. University Photography Collection, 1917., James G.
Gee Library Special Collections, Texas A&M University - Commerce, 2014.
Rubarth was the star player on the football team at East Texas Normal College in 1917. I chose Frank Rubarth to complement the quote that I picked is because star players usually have a very tough road ahead of them. Star players also usually have an expanded long view of what other people think that their future should be, instead of what they think that their future should turn out to be but on their own terms instead of someone elses. The quote that I picked says all of that in many ways and more...
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