Last mountain dancer : hard-earned lessons in love, loss, and honky-tonk outlaw life / Chuck Kinder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kinder, Chuck, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.

Novelists, American.

West Virginia--Biography.

West Virginia.

Kinder, Chuck.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Morgantown, West Virginia : West Virginia University Press, [2018]

Summary:

"This gonzo-style metamemoir follows Chuck Kinder on a wild tour of the back roads of his home state of West Virginia, where he encounters Mountain State legends like Sid Hatfield, Dagmar, US Senator Robert C. Byrd, the Mothman, Chuck Yeager, Soupy Sales, Don Knotts, and Jesco White the "Dancing Outlaw.""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Prologue: Planet West Virginia

Book One: Famous Old Daddy

The Girl With No Face

Town Boy

Scientific Boy

Shadow Boy

Outlaw Boy

The Real Beginning of My Famous Life

The Highest Traditions of the American Soldier

Belt of Orion

Book Two: Famous Little Sister

The Sweet Safety of the Rest of Our Lives

That Place Luck Goes When It Is Finished with Us

Blind Dog

Ugly Baby

Body Parts

Pulling Up Aces

Crippled Flasher

A Multitude of Bills

Delivering the Body of the Dead Star

Stalking the Story

My Bad Side

Beerjoint Ballerinas

Bogeymen in Love

Book Three: Famous Feudists

Sweet Suicide

Hillbilly History

Goddamned Rhododendron

That Sweet Anarchy We Call Youth

Mountain Law

Blind Tourist

A Dead-End Town Named Romance

Big Iron

Book Four: Famous Ancient Indians & Mothmen & Momma

Land of the Sky People

Ghost of the Indian Under the Tree

Pictures of the Dead

The Story of My Mother's Life in Her Own Words

Girl on the Red Bike

Mystery Midgets and Other Bizarre Beings

Body in the Woods

Girl by the Road in the Rain

Book Five: Famous Dancing Outlaw

Shot Through the Heart

The Preacher's Porch

Elvis in the Land of Shadow Men

The Secret Lives of Elvis

Stranger Stew

Tell Me About It

The King is Back

That Bright New Skin We Call Fame

Book Six: Famous Family Life

Ghost Rock

Road-Kill Cafe

Carrot Boy

Total Wreck

The Right to Stand with Men

Hotel Angel

King of Pork

Bear in the Woods

Book Seven: Famous Lost Love

Lost World

The Unknown Confederate Dead

Sixteen Tons

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

The Secret Inner Life of West Virginia

Book Eight: Famous Mystery Tour

Knocked Up

Interiors Impossible to Speak Of

Wishbone

Point of Honor

Missing Angels.

Mystery Hole

Store-Bought Angel

Book Nine: Famous Last Dance

Ghosts of the Headless Coeds

Ghost Mayor

Different Creek

Ghost Geography

Stars and Bars

A Part of This World and A Part of Another

Acknowledgments

About The Author.

Notes:

"First edition published 2004 by Carroll & Graf" -- ECIP galley.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781946684523

194668452X

OCLC:

1066198838