Southern Appalachian storytellers : interviews with sixteen keepers of the oral tradition / edited by Saundra Gerrell Kelley.

"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, influenced by family, especially grandparents, and the ancient mountains they saw every day of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Contributions to southern Appalachian studies ; 27.
Other Authors: Kelley, Saundra Gerrell, 1948-
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2011], ©2011.
Series:Contributions to southern Appalachian studies ; 27.
Subjects:
Folklore > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Storytelling > Appalachian Region, Southern > Anecdotes.
Storytellers > Appalachian Region, Southern > Anecdotes.
Genre:
Anecdotes.
Physical Description:vii, 215 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Sheila Kay Adams
  • Lloyd Arneach
  • Marilou Awiakta
  • Gary Carden
  • Jo Carson
  • Angelyn Debord
  • Elizabeth Ellis
  • John Thomas Fowler
  • Linda Goss
  • Rosa Hicks
  • Ted Hicks
  • Dot Jackson
  • Charlotte Ross
  • James "Sparky" Rucker
  • Betty Smith
  • Jerry Wolfe.