Title Foxfire story : oral tradition in Southern Appalachia / Edited by T. J. Smith.

Publication Info.

New York : Anchor Books, A Division of Random House LLC, [2020]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	917.509 FOXFIRE	Check Shelf

Description	xxxiv, 299 pages; 23 cm
Summary	"A work of cultural anthropology and a fascinating exploration of the vanishing oral traditions of Southern Appalachia"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents	Section 1: The stories -- Mountain speech -- Proverbs and sayin's -- Legends -- Folktales -- Anecdotes -- Songs -- Pranks & jests -- Folk belief -- Section 2: The tellers -- Stanley Hicks -- Davy Arch -- Lloyd Arneach -- Don Patterson -- Kimsey Hampton -- Ronda Reno -- Kip Ramey.
Subject	Folklore -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
	Oral tradition -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
	Ethnology -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
	Folklorists -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
	Ethnology. (OCoLC)fst00916106
	Folklore. (OCoLC)fst00930306
	Folklorists. (OCoLC)fst00930376
	Oral tradition. (OCoLC)fst01047117
	Southern Appalachian Region. (OCoLC)fst01864776
Genre/Form	Folk literature.
Added Author	Smith, T. J., 1977- editor.
	Burrison, John A., 1942- writer of foreword.
	Foxfire Fund, other.
Other Form:	Online version: Foxfire story New York : Anchor Books, A Division of Random House LLC [2020] 9780525436324 (DLC) 2019029609
ISBN	9780525436317 (paperback)
	0525436316 (paperback)
	9780525436324 (ebook)

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