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The Wolfpen notebooks : a record of Appalachian life / James Still ; with a foreword by Eliot Wigginton.
LIBRA PS3537.T5377 W59 1991
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Still, James, 1906-2001
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Still, James, 1906-2001.
- Americanisms.
- Popular culture.
- Appalachian Region, Southern--Literary collections.
- Appalachian Region, Southern.
- Southern Appalachian Region.
- Appalachian Region, Southern--Quotations, maxims, etc.
- Still, James, 1906-2001--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
- Still, James.
- Appalachian Region, Southern--Popular culture.
- Americanisms--Appalachian Region, Southern.
- Genre:
- Literary collections.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 178 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1991]
- Summary:
- Still's fiction has been praised especially for its faithfulness to the idiom of the Appalachian people. From the beginning Still jotted down expressions, customs, and happenings unique to the region.The 'sayings' represent an aspect of the Appalachian experience not previously recorded and of a time largely past. Folklorists, linguists, and all who have a love of the Appalachian region will treasure this rich gleaning
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-178).
- ISBN:
- 0813117410
- OCLC:
- 22732896
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