Uncle Bud Long : The Birth of a Kentucky Folk Legend /

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According to the scant historical records available, Uncle Bud Long, his daughter Janey, and her son Frankie lived near Clark's Landing, Kentucky, for about twenty years early in this century. Mr. Clarke has collected the tales of the Longs' strange ways from old-time residents of the comm...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Clarke, Kenneth W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [1973]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Folklore > Methodologie.
Legendes > Kentucky.
Legends.
Folklore > Methodology.
FICTION > Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Long, Bud.
Legends > Kentucky.
Kentucky.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:According to the scant historical records available, Uncle Bud Long, his daughter Janey, and her son Frankie lived near Clark's Landing, Kentucky, for about twenty years early in this century. Mr. Clarke has collected the tales of the Longs' strange ways from old-time residents of the community, both those who knew the Longs and those who inherited the stories by word of mouth. Here he skillfully weaves them into a loose narrative and, in addition, analyzes the ways in which the anecdotes have been transmuted in the process of retelling. This analysis of the stories of Uncle Bud reveals much ab.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (88 pages).
ISBN:9780813162430

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