KEEP OFF THE FENCE!

UNCLE A.J. LIVED in the suburb of Maryville, Tennessee. To me, at 13, coming from the mountains, that was downright cosmopolitan. So when he asked me to come help him build a toolshed out back of his house, I jumped at the chance to get a taste of town life.

I’d been at Uncle A.J.’s a couple of days when a new neighbor moved in next door. Mrs. Jackson was from Detroit, an actual city. Us country folks were eager to show her some Southern