Blue Ridge Billy / written and illustrated by Lois Lenski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974, author, illustrator.

Contributor:

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Appalachians (People)--Juvenile fiction.

Appalachians (People).

Families--Juvenile fiction.

Families.

Fiddling--Juvenile fiction.

Fiddling.

North Carolina--Juvenile fiction.

North Carolina.

Mountain whites (Southern States)--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2885) (Schimmel Fiction 6131))

Physical Description:

xvi page, 2 unnumbered pages, 203 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : J.B. Lippincott Company, [1946]

Summary:

Regional story of Billy Honeycutt, a boy living in the remote North Carolina mountains. He dreams of owning a fiddle and playing at the neighborhood dances.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2885) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2885) has effaced library stamp on head edge, title leaf, and p. 45.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 6131) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 6131): dust jacket retained.

OCLC:

386529