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Title
Foxfire story : oral tradition in Southern Appalachia / edited by T.J. Smith.
Publication Info.
New York : Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2020]
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Description
xxxiv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"An Anchor Books original"--Title page verso.
Contents
The stories -- Mountain speech -- Proverbs & sayin's -- Legends -- Folktales -- Anecdotes -- Songs -- Pranks & jests -- Folk belief -- The tellers -- Stanley Hicks -- Davy Arch -- Lloyd Arneach -- Don Patterson -- Kimsey Hampton -- Ronda Reno -- Kip Ramey.
Summary
"A work of cultural anthropology and a fascinating exploration of the vanishing oral traditions of Southern Appalachia"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject
Folklore -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
Oral tradition -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
Ethnology -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
Folklorists -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
Added Author
Smith, T. J., 1977- editor.
Foxfire Fund, other.
ISBN
9780525436317 (paperback)
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