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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]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2023489~S1
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Description xxxiv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note "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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