Southern Appalachian Storytellers

Author : Saundra Gerrell Kelley
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786462124
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Southern Appalachian Storytellers written by Saundra Gerrell Kelley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To be from Appalachia—to be at home there and to love it passionately—informs the narratives of each of the sixteen storytellers featured in this work. Their stories are rich in the lore of the past, deeply influenced by family, especially their grandparents, and the ancient mountains they saw every day of their lives as they were growing up.

Author : Foxfire Fund Inc
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0525436324
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foxfire Story written by Foxfire Fund Inc and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1972, the Foxfire books have preserved and celebrated the culture of Southern Appalachia for countless readers all around the world. In Foxfire Story, folklorist (and Foxfire director) T.J. Smith collects some of his favorite stories from the archives to illuminate the oral traditions that have been part of the culture of the mountains for centuries. Here are instances of mountain speech, proverbs and sayings, legends, folktales, anecdotes, songs, and pranks and jests, along with ghost tales and accounts of folk belief, as well as stories from half a dozen of the region’s finest storytellers. Through these examples, Smith examines the role storytelling plays in the Southern Appalachian community, identifying the rich traditions that can be found in the region and exploring how they convey a sense of place—and of identity.

Author : Robert Isbell
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 9780807849620
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ray Hicks written by Robert Isbell and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ray Hicks, 78, the famous teller of Appalachian Jack Tales, is one of America's best-loved storytellers. In this book he shares a different kind of story, a chronicle of his family's experiences in the remote section of the North Carolina mountains where

Author : Nancy Roberts
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 1643360426
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghosts of the Southern Mountains and Appalachia written by Nancy Roberts and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2019-10-11 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy Roberts has often been described to as the "First Lady of American Folklore" and the title is well deserved. Throughout her decades-long career, Roberts documented supernatural experiences and interviewed hundreds of people about their recollections of encounters with the supernatural. This nationally renowned writer began her undertaking in this ghostly realm as a freelance writer for the Charlotte Observer. Encouraged by Carl Sandburg, who enjoyed her stories and articles, Roberts wrote her first book in 1958. Aptly called a "custodian of the twilight zone" by Southern Living magazine, Roberts based her suspenseful stories on interviews and her rich knowledge of American folklore. Her stories were always rooted in history, which earned her a certificate of commendation from the American Association of State and Local History for her books on the Carolinas and Appalachia.

Author : Meredith Sue Willis
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 082141920X
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Out of the Mountains written by Meredith Sue Willis and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meredith Sue Willis’s Out of the Mountains is a collection of thirteen short stories set in contemporary Appalachia. Firmly grounded in place, the stories voyage out into the conflicting cultural identities that native Appalachians experience as they balance mainstream and mountain identities. Willis’s stories explore the complex negotiations between longtime natives of the region and its newcomers and the rifts that develop within families over current issues such as mountaintop removal and homophobia. Always, however, the situations depicted in these stories are explored in the service of a deeper understanding of the people involved, and of the place. This is not the mythic version of Appalachia, but the Appalachia of the twenty-first century.

Author : Donald Davis
Publisher : August House Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jack Always Seeks His Fortune written by Donald Davis and published by August House Publishers. This book was released on 1992 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While growing up in the mountains of western North Carolina, Davis heard stories that most American children never heard--stories that came to America through Scotch-Irish immigrants about Jack, a universal figure who is found in nearly every culture by various names. Davis was a featured storyteller at SEBA last year and at ALA this summer.

Author : Donald Davis
Publisher : august house
ISBN 13 : 9780874835007
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Southern Jack Tales written by Donald Davis and published by august house. This book was released on 1997 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of thirteen Jack tales from the southern Appalachian Mountains, including "The Time Jack Told a Big Tale," "The Time Jack Cured the Doctor," and "The Time Jack Stole the Cows."

Author : Loyal Jones
Publisher : august house
ISBN 13 : 9780874830323
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Laughter in Appalachia written by Loyal Jones and published by august house. This book was released on 1986 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A DELIGHTFUL COLLECTION OF YARNS TOLD SIMPLY AND ELOQUENTLY BY MOUNTAIN FOLKS FOR WHOM HUMOR IS A WAY OF LIFE.

Author : Richard Chase
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618346905
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grandfather Tales written by Richard Chase and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2003 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only people who can tell these stories better than Richard Chase are the folks in North Carolina and Virginia who told them to him. These stories have been handed down for generations and have been enjoyed by grownups and children alike.

Author : Linda Goodman
Publisher : The Overmountain Press
ISBN 13 : 9781570720987
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daughters of the Appalachians written by Linda Goodman and published by The Overmountain Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author introduces six unique women, each of whom offers a rare glimpse of a culture that is fast fading away. As you share their joys and sorrows, these women will touch your soul and live in your heart.