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Up Cutshin & down Greasy : folkways of a Kentucky mountain family /

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 h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roberts, Leonard, 1912-1983 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [1988]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; PREFACE; CONTENTS; 1. JIM COUCH, HIS FAMILY STORY; 2. DAVE COUCH, HIS FAMILY STORY; 3. OTHER COUCHES, THEIR STORIES; 4. JIM AND DAVE, THEIR MOONSHINING; 5. DAVE AND JIM, THEIR FOLKWAYS; 6. THE COUCHES' TALES AND SONGS; THE TWO GALS; JACK AND THE BULL STRAP; THE MAGIC WHITE DEER; POLLY, NANCY, AND MUNCIMEG; THE FOX AND THE CAT; TAILIPOE; BRIDLING THE WITCH; THE ONE-EYED GIANT; ARSHMAN AND THE WATCH; FROG OR MOOSE?; FROGS AND THE RUM; THE MON A-COMING; PICKING MULBERRIES; I'VE GOT THE JOB; SEVEN DEAD INDIANS; OLD INDIAN BINGE.
  • NIP, KINK, AND CURLYTHE DEVIL AND THE SCHOOL CHILD; THE BACHELOR BOY; MINES OF COAL CREEK; YOUNG LADY IN THE BLOOM OF YOUTH; FLOYD FRAZIER; SUGAR HILL; APPENDIX; INDEX.