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A tree accurst : Bobby McMillon and stories of Frankie Silver / Daniel W. Patterson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patterson, Daniel W. (Daniel Watkins), 1928-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tales--North Carolina--Mitchell County--History and criticism.
- Tales.
- Murder--North Carolina--Mitchell County--Folklore.
- Murder.
- Oral tradition--North Carolina--Mitchell County.
- Oral tradition.
- Mitchell County (N.C.)--Folklore.
- Mitchell County (N.C.).
- Silver, Frankie--Legends.
- Silver, Frankie.
- McMillon, Bobby--Contributions in folklore.
- McMillon, Bobby.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 224 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Tree Accurst: Bobby McMillon and Stories of Frankie Silver
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Bobby McMillon and Oral Tradition; 2. Frankie Silver Lore as Performed by Bobby McMillon; 3. The State versus Frances Silver; 4. A Story that Happened: The Legend of Frankie Silver; 5. The Ballad ""Frankie Silver""; 6. A Tale of a Governor; Conclusion; Appendix A: Variants of the Frankie Silver Legend Cycle; Appendix B: Variants of the ""Frankie Silver"" (Laws E 13); Appendix C: Artistic Treatments of the Frankie Silver Story; Notes; Works Cited; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-217) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890872968
- 9780807860915
- 0807860913
- OCLC:
- 476268663
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