Author: Leonard W. Roberts
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813187699
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
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.
Up Cutshin and Down Greasy
Author: Leonard W. Roberts
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813187699
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
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.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813187699
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
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.
Up Cutshin & Down Greasy
Author: Leonard Roberts
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780813116389
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780813116389
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Up Cutshin and Down Greasy: Folkways of a Kentucky Mountain Family
Author: Leonard Roberts
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780813132181
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780813132181
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms
Author: Robert Hendrickson
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438129920
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Provides definitions and examples of words and phrases used in different geographical regions of the United States.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438129920
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Provides definitions and examples of words and phrases used in different geographical regions of the United States.
Appalachian Children's Literature
Author:
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786460199
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
This comprehensive bibliography includes books written about or set in Appalachia from the 18th century to the present. Titles represent the entire region as defined by the Appalachian Regional Commission, including portions of 13 states stretching from southern New York to northern Mississippi. The bibliography is arranged in alphabetical order by author, and each title is accompanied by an annotation, most of which include composite reviews and critical analyses of the work. All classic genres of children's literature are represented.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786460199
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
This comprehensive bibliography includes books written about or set in Appalachia from the 18th century to the present. Titles represent the entire region as defined by the Appalachian Regional Commission, including portions of 13 states stretching from southern New York to northern Mississippi. The bibliography is arranged in alphabetical order by author, and each title is accompanied by an annotation, most of which include composite reviews and critical analyses of the work. All classic genres of children's literature are represented.
Handbook of American Folklore
Author: Richard M. Dorson
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253203731
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Includes material on interpretation methods and presentation of research.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253203731
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Includes material on interpretation methods and presentation of research.
A Night with the Hants
Author: Carlos C. Drake
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879721671
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This volume represents a good cross section of the folktales of Alabama, of all citizens from all parts of the state.
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879721671
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This volume represents a good cross section of the folktales of Alabama, of all citizens from all parts of the state.
The Southern Highlander and His Homeland
Author: John Charles Campbell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
" In 1908 John C. Campbell was commissioned by the Russell Sage Foundation to conduct a survey of conditions in Appalachia and the aid work being done in these areas to create "the central repository of data concerning conditions in the mountains to which workers in the field might turn." Originally published in 1921, The Southern Highlander and His Homeland details Campbell's experiences and findings during his travels in the region, observing unique aspects of mountain communities such as their religion, family life, and forms of entertainment. Campbell's landmark work paved the way for folk schools, agricultural cooperatives, handicraft guilds, the frontier nursing service, better roads, and a sense of pride in mountain life -- the very roots of Appalachian preservation.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
" In 1908 John C. Campbell was commissioned by the Russell Sage Foundation to conduct a survey of conditions in Appalachia and the aid work being done in these areas to create "the central repository of data concerning conditions in the mountains to which workers in the field might turn." Originally published in 1921, The Southern Highlander and His Homeland details Campbell's experiences and findings during his travels in the region, observing unique aspects of mountain communities such as their religion, family life, and forms of entertainment. Campbell's landmark work paved the way for folk schools, agricultural cooperatives, handicraft guilds, the frontier nursing service, better roads, and a sense of pride in mountain life -- the very roots of Appalachian preservation.
Upcutshin and Down Greasy
Author: Leonard Roberts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
American Folklore Studies
Author: Simon J. Bronner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description