Somehow, it was hotter then.Men's stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning.Ladies bathed before noon after heir three o'clock naps.And by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostin's of sweat and sweet talcum.The day was 24 hours long, but it seemed longer.There was no hurry, for there was nowhere o go and nothin' to buy...and no money to buy it with.Although Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothin' to fear but fear itself...That summer, I was six years old.Early one morning, one of the poor farmers from the countryside hit hard by the Depression, Walter Cunningham (Crahan Denton) drives through town in a horse-drawn wagon...it's a subspace transmitter.If they activate the beacon, they'll be able to establish a link with the Borg living in this century.The two had not officially signed on at the start of the trip, but joined on the trail outside St.Louis:I signed nothing.If I had, I'd stay.You'll remember I joined your train after you left St.Louis.Even though they are in the midst of hostile Comanche Indian country ("They're around somewhere - I can feel 'em," says he wagonmaster), Dunson intends to head South toward cattle-friendly Texas and the Red River to start his own cattle herd with a bull and cows:I'm startin' my own herd.Specific backlash came because of the book's unsympathetic reflection of Texas' unique social mores, corruptness, anti-intellectualism, exploitative racism, sexism, superiority complex, excessive materialism and machismo-orientation.