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UNINA9910814437603321 |
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Autore |
DeRosier Linda Scott <1941-> |
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Titolo |
Songs of Life and Grace / / Linda Scott DeRosier |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2008 |
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©2003 |
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ISBN |
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0-8131-9407-5 |
0-8131-5989-X |
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Edizione |
[Paperback edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Appalachians (People) - Kentucky - Social life and customs |
Kentucky Biography |
Appalachian Region, Southern Biography |
Appalachian Region, Southern Social life and customs |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface: Creeker-And Then Some; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Opening Act; Individual Heritage Chart of Eliphus Jay Preston; Individual Heritage Chart of Grace Mollette; 1. The Overture; 2. The Early Verses; 3. Life's Background Ballads; 4. Grace's Background Ballads; 5. Mining Camp Melodies; 6. The Family Chorus; 7. Two-Mile Tunes; 8. Songs of Life; 9. Songs of Grace; 10. Songs of Sister, Sister; 11. Tears, Tombs, and Reunion Tunes; Afterword: In a Different Voice |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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On a muggy, late August afternoon in 1936, somewhere along the banks of Greasy Creek, Life found Grace -- walking the dusty mile between work and home in a brand new pair of leather kitten-heeled pumps, blond curls bouncing in the sun. Two weeks later, Lifie Jay Preston and Grace Mollette married, a union that lasted until their deaths fifty-eight years later. There was something about them, their daughter Linda would discover, a kind of radiance and love of living that would mark them in the memories of every person they encountered -- a song that resonates years after their passing. Songs of |
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