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Life in the Leatherwoods : New Edition /

[This memoir] chronicles nineteenth-century rural life ... The reader participates vicariously in [White River country] log rollings, house raisings, spelling bees, hog killings, soap making, country dances, and camp meetings.-Back cover.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wolf, John Quincy, 1864-1949
Otros Autores: Blevins, Brooks, 1969-, Hyde, Gene, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico Audiom
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Recording for Blind & Dyslexic, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to the Arkansas classics edition
  • Introduction
  • Life in the Leatherwoods
  • On the banks of the White River
  • Abundant life in a log cabin
  • Fashions for boys in the Leatherwoods
  • Dreams and characters
  • Wild life and weather lore
  • Medical science in the Leatherwoods
  • Social life
  • Big doins in the Leatherwoods
  • Steamboating on the Upper White in 1886
  • Appraisal
  • Afterword: John Q. Wolf and his papers
  • Appendices: Additional "Leatherwoods" writings by John Q. Wolf Sr.; "My fifty years in Batesville" / John Q. Wolf Sr.