03882nam 2200649 450 991046037800332120200520144314.01-940425-53-0(CKB)3710000000409132(EBL)3417069(SSID)ssj0001484057(PQKBManifestationID)11842271(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001484057(PQKBWorkID)11431952(PQKB)10098972(MiAaPQ)EBC3417069(OCoLC)908389147(MdBmJHUP)muse42040(Au-PeEL)EBL3417069(CaPaEBR)ebr11051557(CaONFJC)MIL797772(OCoLC)923515135(EXLCZ)99371000000040913220150427d2015 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrRiding on comets a memoir /Cat PleskaFirst edition.Morgantown :Vandalia Press,2015.1 online resource (258 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-940425-51-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.IMAGES... -- No Salt -- Trick or Treat -- A Tone -- Give Me My Hat -- Big Earl's -- A Brush with the Law -- In Mommaw's Kitchen -- AWAKENING... -- What We Called Home -- From a Time Before -- Night Light -- Cicada Buzz -- AWARENESS... -- I Spy -- Shelter -- Back Home -- Devil Faces -- Something Gathers 'Round Me -- House of Leaves -- Plunder -- REACTION... -- Alarm Clock -- My Civic Duty -- The Nervous Hospital -- My Kingdom for a Horse -- Night on Cheat Mountain I -- Night on Cheat Mountain II -- CarniVAL -- War -- The Sailor man -- LOSS... -- In the Cellar -- Reckoning -- Exception to the Rule -- Charmed -- I've Drawed up a Mite -- 900 Degrees Celsius -- Twin Haloes -- The Phone Rings -- Attention K-Mart Shoppers! Do the Dead Wear Underwear? -- We Shall Gather -- Riding on Comets -- Night on Cheat Mountain III -- Fall -- STRENGTH... -- Liminal -- Dragon's Tale -- Epilogue -- Author Bio -- Book Discussion."Riding on Comets is the true story of an only child growing up in a working-class family during the 1950s and '60s. As the family storyteller, Cat Pleska whispers and shouts about her life growing up around savvy, strong women and hard-working, hard-drinking men. Unlike many family stories set within Appalachia, this story provides an uncommon glimpse into this region: not coal, but an aluminum plant; not hollers, but small-town America; not hillbillies, but a hard-working family with traditional values. From the dinner table, to the back porch, to the sprawling countryside, Cat Pleska reveals the sometimes tender, sometimes frightening education of a child who listens at the knees of these giants. She mimics and learns every nuance, every rhythm--how they laugh, smoke, cuss, fight, love, and tell stories--as she unwittingly prepares to carry their tales forward, their words and actions forever etched in her mind. And finally, she discovers a life story of her own"--Provided by publisher.Appalachians (People)West VirginiaBiographyOnly childBiographyWorking class familiesWest VirginiaBiographyWest VirginiaSocial life and customs20th centurySaint Albans (W. Va.)BiographySaint Albans (W. Va.)Social life and customs20th centuryElectronic books.Appalachians (People)Only childWorking class families975.4/043Pleska Cat1953-1047913MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460378003321Riding on comets2475832UNINA