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Uncle Bud Long : the birth of a Kentucky folk legend / Kenneth W. Clarke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clarke, Kenneth W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legends--Kentucky.
- Legends.
- Long, Bud.
- Folklore--Methodology.
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (92 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1973.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- According to the scant historical records available, Uncle Bud Long, his daughter Janey, and her son Frankie lived near Clark's Landing, Kentucky, for about twenty years early in this century. Mr. Clarke has collected the tales of the Longs' strange ways from old-time residents of the community, both those who knew the Longs and those who inherited the stories by word of mouth. Here he skillfully weaves them into a loose narrative and, in addition, analyzes the ways in which the anecdotes have been transmuted in the process of retelling.This analysis of the stories of Uncle Bud reveals much ab
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; Where It Began; The Setting of the Legend; HOW IT WAS; Uncle Bud's Day; Janey's Day; Frankie's Day; WHAT IT MEANS; The Narratives as Folk Literature; The Legend as History; Conclusion; An Afterword; Notes; Informants
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813194479
- 0813194474
- 9780813162430
- 0813162432
- OCLC:
- 900344967
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