Kenneth and Some Friends Caught a Snake

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Title

Kenneth and Some Friends Caught a Snake

Description

The area where Kenneth and his family lived was infested with black snakes, and often the kids would find them curled up in their clothes at the river where they used to go swimming. One day one of the children caught a six-foot snake for the Barnum and Bailey circus and were bringing it to town when the creature curled around his arm and up to his neck and began squeezing him. It took many knife cuts by a farmer to help free the kid from the squeezing of the snake.

Creator

Landon, Kenneth (1903-1993)

Date

January 1, 1911

Rights

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Format

.mp3

Identifier

LC08-11

Provenance

Over a course of 13 years Kip Landon (Kenneth Landon Jr.) began recording stories from his parents, Margaret and Kenneth Landon, resulting in 95 hours of recordings. Beginning on July 20, 1976, recording finished in June, 1978. The project resumed again in 1982 for a few months. After a long break, the third recording period began in 1988 and concluded in March 1989.

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewee

Kenneth Landon (1903-1993)

Duration

4:04

Sound File Location

Box 75: Oral History: "The Landon Chronicles" Tapes 1-20

Clip Location

Hour 8, clip 11

Sub-Collection

Sub-Series 8: Audio and Video

Main Collection

Series 1: Biographical

Citation

Landon, Kenneth (1903-1993) , “Kenneth and Some Friends Caught a Snake,” Digital Exhibits of Wheaton College, accessed March 29, 2024, https://omeka.wheaton.edu/items/show/272.