Rusties and Riddles Gee-Haw Whimmy by Still, James

Rusties and Riddles Gee-Haw Whimmy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780813116860)

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Rusties and Riddles Gee-Haw Whimmy by Still, James

Rusties and Riddles Gee-Haw Whimmy

$15.00
Rusties and Riddles Gee-Haw Whimmy by Still, James

Rusties and Riddles Gee-Haw Whimmy

$15.00
Format: Hardcover
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The people of the Kentucky mountains and the southern Appalachians preserved a language alive with colorful turns of phrase and whimsical wit and for their amusement they created a rich vein of oral lore-songs, tales, and games. James Still presents a varied and entertaining collection of riddles, whimsies, and verbal pranks, gathered through his long association with the mountain people of eastern Kentucky. This new book includes in one volume two earlier books-Way Down Yonder on Troublesome

Author: James Still
ISBN-10: 0813116864
ISBN-13: 9780813116860
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 11/29/1989
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.43h x 6.24w x 0.55d
By James Still
By James Still
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Since the early 1930s, James Still made his home in eastern Kentucky, living in an ancient log cabin on Dead Mare Branch and supporting himself by farming, teaching, and serving as librarian for the Hindman Settlement School. He is the author of several works of fiction, among them River of Earth, The Run for the Elbertas, An Appalachian Mother Goose, and of the collection of poems, From the Mountain, From the Valley.

Janet McCaffery has illustrated many books, including The Swamp Witch, winner of an award from the American Institute of Graphic Arts.

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