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He's not like your dad. He's no ordinary grandpa. He's PopPop, he comes from another world that's long gone, and he's here now to offer his own unique and often...
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He's not like your dad. He's no ordinary grandpa. He's PopPop, he comes from another world that's long gone, and he's here now to offer his own unique and often humorous, down home perspective on life. Take a step back in time and go on a journey with Bill Abbott from Cabot, Arkansas as he looks back on his life and family heritage, from growing up in a small rural town in the 1940s and 50s, starting his adult life through the changes of the 60s and 70s, to running his business and raising his family in Alabama in the 80s and 90s. Now 80, PopPop recounts tales of the past, peppered with his observations and anecdotes on life and love, in a series of conversations with his son.
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Abbott From Cabot
Abbott From Cabot
28 MAR 2023 · In 1962, Bill Abbott drove a dump truck delivering gravel to missile bases in Arkansas during the Cuban Missile Crisis; later, Abbott describes the times he had run ins with and ran from local law enforcement in Cabot as a mischievous young rebel without a cause driving cars fast and furious. Also, Abbott talks about the one way his parents ever did him wrong; and in 1965, Sherry Crace gets to know the town bad boy while working at the local hangout, the Freeze-O.
5 MAR 2023 · Bill Abbott recollects the rock house his father built in Cabot, recounts his parents' political careers, and his own adolescent pranks against the Rockefellers and local law enforcement, considered in the context of the South's traditional heritage of distrust for authority figures, especially the corrupt or incompetent.
13 FEB 2023 · Abbott recounts the history of Cabot and how he learned to shave before going to see Gene Autry perform in Little Rock with his sister Marjorie and brother in law Vestel Barentine.
26 JAN 2023 · In the premiere episode, Abbott reveals the origin of "Snoot Juice" and his addiction to it; recounts an incident in which his brother-in-law was attacked by a crazed horse; the time he woke up dead; the secret to quitting smoking; and tells where he came from and how his dad, the one legged barber, met his mother...
He's not like your dad. He's no ordinary grandpa. He's PopPop, he comes from another world that's long gone, and he's here now to offer his own unique and often...
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He's not like your dad. He's no ordinary grandpa. He's PopPop, he comes from another world that's long gone, and he's here now to offer his own unique and often humorous, down home perspective on life. Take a step back in time and go on a journey with Bill Abbott from Cabot, Arkansas as he looks back on his life and family heritage, from growing up in a small rural town in the 1940s and 50s, starting his adult life through the changes of the 60s and 70s, to running his business and raising his family in Alabama in the 80s and 90s. Now 80, PopPop recounts tales of the past, peppered with his observations and anecdotes on life and love, in a series of conversations with his son.
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| Author | David Abbott |
| Organization | David Abbott |
| Categories | Personal Journals |
| Website | - |
| daveabbott1978@gmail.com |
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