Wisdom Of The Plain Folk

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Publisher : Penguin Putnam
ISBN 13 : 9780670871803
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wisdom of the Plain Folk written by and published by Penguin Putnam. This book was released on 1997 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This delightful collection of songs, prayers, and sayings embodies the values of family life, the rewards of hard work and craftsmanship, and the change of the seasons. Robert Leahy's striking color photographs capture the grace of a people who cherish simplicity as a means to a higher spiritual end.

Author : Frank Lawrence Owsley
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807133422
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plain Folk of the Old South written by Frank Lawrence Owsley and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1949, Frank Lawrence Owsley’s Plain Folk of the Old South refuted the popular myth that the antebellum South contained only three classes—planters, poor whites, and slaves. Owsley draws on a wide range of source materials—firsthand accounts such as diaries and the published observations of travelers and journalists; church records; and county records, including wills, deeds, tax lists, and grand-jury reports—to accurately reconstruct the prewar South’s large and significant “yeoman farmer” middle class. He follows the history of this group, beginning with their migration from the Atlantic states into the frontier South, charts their property holdings and economic standing, and tells of the rich texture of their lives: the singing schools and corn shuckings, their courtship rituals and revival meetings, barn raisings and logrollings, and contests of marksmanship and horsemanship such as “snuffing the candle,” “driving the nail,” and the “gander pull.” A new introduction by John B. Boles explains why this book remains the starting point today for the study of society in the Old South.

Author : Lorraine Johnson-Coleman
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 9780446930581
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Just Plain Folks written by Lorraine Johnson-Coleman and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2000-06-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By returning to the cotton fields, tobacco barns, & humble dwellings of her ancestral home in the rural South, this author learned firsthand what is missing from the history books between the pages on slavery & present-day African-American culture. It is the experience of ordinary people who, on second glance, have led truly extraordinary lives. She developed an appreciation for their words, wit, & wisdom & has made it her life's work to pass along their experiences. In this collection of original short stories, she pays homage to these ordinary folks through lyrical tributes, many of which have aired or will air on National Public Radio. Beginning late this year, her own program, Just Plain Folks: Wisdom from the Front Porch, will air weekly on NPR. Like her radio segments, the stories in Just Plain Folks are meant both to entertain & to educate. Each story concludes with an author's note that places it in its proper cultural context.

Author : Mark V. Wetherington
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807877043
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plain Folk's Fight written by Mark V. Wetherington and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2011-01-20 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an examination of the effects of the Civil War on the rural Southern home front, Mark V. Wetherington looks closely at the experiences of white "plain folk--mostly yeoman farmers and craftspeople--in the wiregrass region of southern Georgia before, during, and after the war. Although previous scholars have argued that common people in the South fought the battles of the region's elites, Wetherington contends that the plain folk in this Georgia region fought for their own self-interest. Plain folk, whose communities were outside areas in which slaves were the majority of the population, feared black emancipation would allow former slaves to move from cotton plantations to subsistence areas like their piney woods communities. Thus, they favored secession, defended their way of life by fighting in the Confederate army, and kept the antebellum patriarchy intact in their home communities. Unable by late 1864 to sustain a two-front war in Virginia and at home, surviving veterans took their fight to the local political arena, where they used paramilitary tactics and ritual violence to defeat freedpeople and their white Republican allies, preserving a white patriarchy that relied on ex-Confederate officers for a new generation of leadership.

Author : Lynn Coffey
Publisher : Lynn Coffey
ISBN 13 : 9780615312231
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Backroads written by Lynn Coffey and published by Lynn Coffey. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Signs, superstitions, remedies and cures. The first book in Lynn Coffey's five-book series about Virginia's Appalachian culture, Backroads; Plain Folk and Simple Livin' gives readers a look into a disappearing way of life that has served generations of mountain people well. The book contains thirty-one chapters ranging from digging ginseng, churning butter, old time recipes, beekeeping, early burial practices and handmade coffins as well as in-depth interviews with six elder native people of the Blue Ridge Mountains. With endorsements from Earl Hamner, Jr., creator of the Waltons, and Jan Karon, author of the popular Mitford series, Backroad is a testament to the tenacity and resilience of the hearty Scots/Irish immigrants born and raised in the isolated hollers deep in Virginia's hazy blue mountains. Reminiscent of the Foxfire books, Backroads; Plain Folk and Simple Livin' captures the essence and spirit of those who chose a hardscrabble way of life over the confines of city living. A must read for those longing for a simpler way of life and a modicum of self-sufficiency.

Author : Patrick Olivelle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199555753
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pañcatantra written by Patrick Olivelle and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-08-27 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pañcatantra is the most famous collection of fables in India and was one of the earliest Indian books to be translated into Western languages. It teaches the principles of good government and public policy through the medium of animal stories, providing a window onto ancient Indian society. This new translation vividly reveals the story-telling powers of the original author, while detailed notes illuminate aspects of ancient Indian society and religion to the non-specialist reader.

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Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780761977704
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Well Said, Well Spoken written by and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2001-04-12 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to meet the needs and interests of busy principals and teachers, this easy-to-access collection of quotations can be used as "attention-getters, point-makers, openers, closers, and clinchers for all occasions." The classic and contemporary quotes and anecdotes in the collection feature topics and sources not found in other references for the general public. The collection offers more than 160 subjects principals and teachers care about most; over 700 quotations; current and timely topics added to time-tested favorites; and cutting-edge and provocative quotes included with traditional sayings. In addition to the usual respected scholars, statesmen, writers, politicians, and philosophers, the collection includes quotes from real teachers, administrators, and students, and non-traditional sources such as Sitting Bull, the Ayatollah Khomeini, the Grateful Dead, Mike Tyson, and rapper Ice T. (Also contains a short list of other resources.) (NKA)

Author : Glenn Feldman
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817311025
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading Southern History written by Glenn Feldman and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2001-10-09 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays examines the contributions of some of the most notable interpreters of American southern history and culture. The volume includes 18 chapters on such notable historians as John Hope Franklin, Anne Firor Scott and W.J. Cash.

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Publisher : Unistar Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book 1000 world prayers written by and published by Unistar Books. This book was released on with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Samuel C. Hyde, Jr.
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807122372
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plain Folk of the South Revisited written by Samuel C. Hyde, Jr. and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1997-10-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ?