LEADER 03924nam 2200661 450 001 9910812353703321 005 20230126212909.0 010 $a1-940425-52-2 010 $a1-940425-53-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000409132 035 $a(EBL)3417069 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001484057 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11842271 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001484057 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11431952 035 $a(PQKB)10098972 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3417069 035 $a(OCoLC)908389147 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse42040 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3417069 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11051557 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL797772 035 $a(OCoLC)923515135 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000409132 100 $a20150427d2015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRiding on comets $ea memoir /$fCat Pleska 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aMorgantown :$cVandalia Press,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (258 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-940425-51-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIMAGES... -- 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. 330 2 $a"Riding on Comets is the true story of an only child growing up in a working-class family during the 1950s and '60s. As the family storyteller, Cat Pleska whispers and shouts about her life growing up around savvy, strong women and hard-working, hard-drinking men. Unlike many family stories set within Appalachia, this story provides an uncommon glimpse into this region: not coal, but an aluminum plant; not hollers, but small-town America; not hillbillies, but a hard-working family with traditional values. From the dinner table, to the back porch, to the sprawling countryside, Cat Pleska reveals the sometimes tender, sometimes frightening education of a child who listens at the knees of these giants. She mimics and learns every nuance, every rhythm--how they laugh, smoke, cuss, fight, love, and tell stories--as she unwittingly prepares to carry their tales forward, their words and actions forever etched in her mind. And finally, she discovers a life story of her own"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aAppalachians (People)$zWest Virginia$vBiography 606 $aOnly child$vBiography 606 $aWorking class families$zWest Virginia$vBiography 607 $aWest Virginia$xSocial life and customs$y20th century 607 $aSaint Albans (W. Va.)$vBiography 607 $aSaint Albans (W. Va.)$xSocial life and customs$y20th century 615 0$aAppalachians (People) 615 0$aOnly child 615 0$aWorking class families 676 $a975.4/043 686 $aBIO007000$aBIO022000$2bisacsh 700 $aPleska$b Cat$f1953-$01706627 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812353703321 996 $aRiding on comets$94094202 997 $aUNINA