Kentucky Folktales : Revealing Stories, Truths, and Outright Lies /

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The storytelling tradition has long been an important piece of Kentucky history and culture. Folktales, legends, tall tales, and ghost stories hold a special place in the imaginations of inventive storytellers and captive listeners. In Kentucky Folktales: Revealing Stories, Truths, and Outright Lies...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamilton, Mary, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Art de conter > Kentucky.
Contes > Kentucky.
Tales.
Storytelling.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Storytelling > Kentucky.
Tales > Kentucky.
Kentucky.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; HAUNTS, FRIGHTS, AND CREEPY TALES; Stormwalker; Promises to Keep; The Gingerbread Boy; Little Ripen Pear; Flannel Mouth; The Blue Light; The Open Grave; TALL TALES AND OUTRIGHT LIES; Daniel Boone on the Hunt; Farmer Brown's Crop; Hunting Alone; Otis Ayers Had a Dog
  • Two Stories; Some Dog; MORE KENTUCKY FOLKTALES; The Enormous Bear; The Farmer's Smart Daughter; The Fortune Teller; The Princess Who Could Not Cry; Rawhead and Bloody Bones; BEYOND KENTUCKY FOLKTALES; Kate Crackernuts; The King and His Advisor; Rabbit and the Alligators.
  • FAMILY TALES AND PERSONAL NARRATIVESA Place to Start; Jeff Rides the Rides; Jump Rope Kingdom; Mary Helen's Fiance; This Is the Story . . .; Permissions and Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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