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Title:

Foxfire story : oral tradition in Southern Appalachia / Edited by T. J. Smith.

Publisher:

Anchor BooksA Division of Random House LLC,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xxxiv, 299 pages; 23 cm.

Subject:

Folklore--Appalachian Region, Southern.
Oral tradition--Appalachian Region, Southern.
Ethnology--Appalachian Region, Southern.
Folklorists--Appalachian Region, Southern.
Folk literature.

Other Authors:

Smith, T. J., 1977- editor.
Burrison, John A., 1942- writer of foreword.
Foxfire Fund, other.

Contents:

Section 1: The stories -- Mountain speech -- Proverbs and sayin's -- Legends -- Folktales -- Anecdotes -- Songs -- Pranks & jests -- Folk belief -- Section 2: 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.

ISBN:

0525436316
9780525436317

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1111640444

LCCN:

2019029608

Locations:

AFPD266 -- Bloomfield Public Library (Bloomfield)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)