All 13 Uses
Jefferson Davis
in
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
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- They were headed for the Jefferson Davis County School, a long white wooden building looming in the distance.†
p. 15.2 *
- But as it was, we also had to worry about the Jefferson Davis school bus zooming from behind and splashing us with the murky waters of the road.†
p. 43.6
- Although he had asked Mama after the first day of school why Jefferson Davis had two buses and Great Faith had none, he had never been totally satisfied by her answer.†
p. 44.1
- When we reached the crossing, we glanced toward Jefferson Davis.†
p. 53.3
- At supper Mama told Big Ma of the Jefferson Davis bus being stuck in the ditch.†
p. 56.3
- Stacey stared past Jefferson Davis, then back down the road toward Great Faith.†
p. 82.6
- The Wallace store stood almost a half mile beyond Jefferson Davis, on a triangular lot that faced the Soldiers Bridge crossroads.†
p. 83.3
- Eventually, the road intersected with the Jefferson Davis School Road.†
p. 137.9
- "You mutter one word of this to anybody, Lillian Jean," I said, attempting to narrow my eyes like Papa's, "just one person and everybody at Jefferson Davis is gonna know who you crazy 'bout and all your other business ...and you know I know.†
p. 181.5
- I cried, remembering that Jefferson Davis didn't dismiss until mid-May.†
p. 196.6
- We had just passed Great Faith and were approaching the Jefferson Davis School Road when a ragged pickup came into view.†
p. 224.3
- Not wanting to walk past the Simmses' place for fear R.W. and Melvin had taken the Jackson Road home, he did not get out at the Jefferson Davis School Road intersection, but instead crossed Soldiers Bridge with the farmer and got out at the intersection beyond the bridge and walked around, coming from the west to our house.†
p. 247.8
- Come October, we would trudge to school as always, barefooted and grumbling, fighting the dust and the mud and the Jefferson Davis school bus.†
p. 276.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(Jefferson Davis) president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1808-1889)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)