Big Leatherwood Tales The Early Years
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Big Leatherwood Tales The Early Years
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Author : Morris Ratliff
language : en
Publisher: Author House
Release Date : 2012-06-05
Big Leatherwood Tales The Early Years written by Morris Ratliff and has been published by Author House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-05 with Fiction categories.
The Appalachian Mountains, during the 19th and early 20th centuries, stood like an island of constancy in a sea of violent change. The mores of the people were Elizabethan, and the language was larded with the quaint hold-overs from the sounds of Old England. Issues were often settled by acts of personal violence rather than by resort to complex legality in a court of law. Personal honor was a very important issue, and to transgress a man’s honor was to incur his immediate wrath. Men lived by the feud; city-bred folk, usually those whose immediate ancestors had come late in the 19th century via Ellis Island, did not understand this state of affairs, and were often surprised when they gave offense. The natives of the mountain country were often looked upon with condescension by the “outlanders” . . . . often at their peril. Rural people did not suffer scorn lightly! For an old man, in the twilight of his years, fond memory could gloss over the problems, and leave only the good events. For a young boy, at the beginning of life, some events would be ingrained in memory forever.
On Leatherwood Creek
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Author : T/Sgt. James Lee Hutchinson EdS
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2016-10-14
On Leatherwood Creek written by T/Sgt. James Lee Hutchinson EdS and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Life in the poverty of the Great Depression prior to World War II was a serious time, which today's generation can only imagine and could not endure. However, I have used the short story format, humor, and a sixth-grade vocabulary in many stories to encourage reading for ages twelve to ninety. The names of my boyhood pals represent many of my childhood pals, and stories are based on real events. My sketches and photos help set the scene for each short story, which stands alone but is more or less in order of events and seasons. The sketches also signify that I qualify as a starving artist. The twenty-five percent unemployment in our community led to many people living on the edge of starvation. Families lived in houses without electricity, water, or central heating, and their lives were not complicated by bathrooms, air conditioning, television, computer games, or cell phones. The outhouse was on the alley, and house water came from well pumps or a neighbor's faucet. Schools and parents demanded strict discipline, and education was important. Most families were striving to survive and rear their children to be law-abiding citizens. Children spent time in the fresh air, organized their own games, and roamed the streets, fields, or woodlands. However, they were assigned home chores and expected to contribute to the family. The Greatest Generation saved our country and the freedom we have enjoyed for three-quarters of a century.
The Mountain The Miner And The Lord And Other Tales From A Country Law Office
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Author : Harry M. Caudill
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2014-04-23
The Mountain The Miner And The Lord And Other Tales From A Country Law Office written by Harry M. Caudill and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This book of stories celebrates people who have a magnetism, a tenacity, a personal vision, an independence, and a self-sufficiency that elude most of us today.
Handbook Of American Folklore
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Author : Richard M. Dorson
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1986-02-22
Handbook Of American Folklore written by Richard M. Dorson and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-02-22 with Music categories.
Includes material on interpretation methods and presentation of research.
South From Hell Fer Sartin
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Author : Leonard W. Roberts
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2021-11-21
South From Hell Fer Sartin written by Leonard W. Roberts and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-21 with Social Science categories.
South from Hell-fer-Sartin, a short creek flowing into the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River, lies one of the of the most isolated regions in Kentucky. There, on the north slope of the Pine Mountain range in Leslie and Perry counties—probably the last stronghold of white, English-language folk tales in North America—Leonard W. Roberts recorded this rich collection more than three decades ago. To a people who, at that time, watched dancing hearth fires more often than television, the adventures of Jack in the land of witches and giants, monsters and beautiful princesses, provided first-class entertainment. Here are such old favorites as "Sleeping Beauty" and "The Golden Arm," retold in the idiom of the Kentucky mountains. Here are hauntingly beautiful cantes fables and earthy Irishman jokes. Here are encounters with Indians and marvelous hunting escapades. Roberts introduces his collection, first published in 1955, with a sympathetic description of the mountain way of life. He notes especially the bewildering and rapid changes that came to the Pine Mountain watershed in that decade as the highways and electric lines at last brought in a sophistication that preferred the soap opera to the folk tale. Although the stories Roberts recorded were still a firm part of folk tradition at the time, he believed that within a decade or two they would be forgotten—a prediction, sadly, by now no doubt fulfilled. Any lover of the vanishing art of tale telling will relish this rich treasury of folklore and humor. Full notes on sources, types, motifs, parallels, and possible origins of the tales make this collection valuable also for folklorists.
Up Cutshin And Down Greasy
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Author : Leonard W. Roberts
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2021-11-21
Up Cutshin And Down Greasy written by Leonard W. Roberts and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-21 with History categories.
Along the isolated headwaters of the Kentucky River—Cutshin and Greasy creeks—folklorist Leonard Roberts found the Couches, a remarkable mountain family of gifted memory and imagination. For half a century they had preserved the traditional ways of their forebears—the farming methods, the household arts, and the games, ballads, dances, and tales that were their chief entertainment. In Up Cutshin and Down Greasy, brothers Dave and Jim Couch, born about the turn of the century, recall clearly their childhood days on Sang Branch of Greasy and Clover Fork of Big Leatherwood. Dave, a professional moonshiner and bottlegger in his younger days, tells of his brushes with the law. Jim engaged in lumbering and coal mining, with a little moonshining on the side. His accounts of mine accidents, in particular the one that cost him his leg, give an insight into the minds of those who risk their lives underground for the sake of high pay. First published in 1959, the book is available once again in paperback to pleasure a new generation of readers.
Bryson City Tales
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Author : Walt Larimore
language : en
Publisher: Zondervan
Release Date : 2004-06-22
Bryson City Tales written by Walt Larimore and has been published by Zondervan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Gift Local 11-1-2006 $9.95.
South From Hell Fer Sartin
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Author : Leonard Roberts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
South From Hell Fer Sartin written by Leonard Roberts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Kentucky categories.
My Firefly
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Author : Maggie Kirton
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2013-09
My Firefly written by Maggie Kirton and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
My Firefly A horrifying account of torture and humiliation at the hands of her family, My Firefly will pull you into its pages and grab hold of your spirit. Seen from the perspective of the family home, this young girl struggles to stay alive as she is slowly ripped apart emotionally, physically and sexually by her father. You'll experience an abundance of feelings throughout this book and won't be able to put it down. My Firefly is a flicker of light in complete darkness, leading to safety. Tracy Oad, Public Relations Maggie Kirton resides in Northern Ontario with her husband and her beloved dog, Dottie. She is the founder of Wynterblue Publications Canada Inc - a not-for-profit publishing venue founded to assist authors in various ways. Kirton hopes that this book will help other fireflies heal and that they too will find that 'just surviving' isn't always enough: "Living is what's supposed to happen after you survive. It's life in 'post-survival' that defines the human character's ability to move forward from trauma." (Maggie Kirton) Contact the author: http: //www.wynter.ca eBook: http: //www.amazon.com/dp/B004U35ANK
The Incredible Tales Of Ohio Illustrated Edition
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Author : William Dean Howells
language : en
Publisher: Musaicum Books
Release Date : 2017-07-04
The Incredible Tales Of Ohio Illustrated Edition written by William Dean Howells and has been published by Musaicum Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-04 with History categories.
This eBook edition of "The Incredible Tales of Ohio (Illustrated Edition)" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: The Ice Folk and the Earth Folk Ohio as a Part of France Ohio Becomes English The Forty Years' War for the West The Captivity of James Smith The Captivity of Boone and Kenton The Renegades The Wickedest Deed in Our History The Torture of Colonel Crawford The Escape of Knight and Slover The Indian Wars and St. Clair's Defeat The Indian Wars and Wayne's Victory Indian Fighters Later Captivities Indian Heroes and Sages Life in the Backwoods The First Great Settlements The State of Ohio in the War of 1812 A Foolish Man, a Philosopher, and a Fanatic Ways Out The Fight With Slavery The Civil War in Ohio Famous Ohio Soldiers Ohio Statesmen Other Notable Ohioans Incidents and Characteristics William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author, historian, literary critic, and playwright.