Stories from the heart : Missouri's African American heritage / collected and told by Gladys Caines Coggswell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Caines Coggswell, Gladys.

Series:

Missouri heritage readers.

Missouri heritage readers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Missouri--Folklore.

African Americans.

African Americans--Missouri--Social life and customs.

Tales--Missouri.

Tales.

Oral tradition--Missouri.

Oral tradition.

Missouri--Social life and customs.

Missouri.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 141 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A collection of African American family stories and traditional tales, compiled and brought to print by a master storyteller as she visited Missouri communities and participated in storytelling events over the last two decades"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword by Lisa L. Higgins

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Family Stories

1. Finding Frankford

Mrs. Marie Campbell

Rev. Faye Vaughn

Mrs. Camie Doolin

2. Getting to Know Hannibal

Mrs. Dorine Ambers

Mrs. Lillian Jones

Mrs. Louise Williams

Angela Williams

3. Bowling Green

Mr. Jerry Grimmett

4. St. Louis Eldertellers

Mrs. Catherine Clemmons

Mrs. Icey Gardner

Mrs. Mildred Grice

Carole Shelton

Mettazee Morris

5. I n the Bootheel

Evelyn Pulliam

Loretta Washington

6. Country Schools, City Schools

Loretta Washington

Marlene Rhodes

7. Why We Tell Stories

Tracy Milsap Coggswell Family Stories

8. Change and Continuity in Missouri Storytelling

Epilogue

For More Reading

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-134) and index.

ISBN:

0-8262-7183-9

OCLC:

593253588