Kentucky folktales : revealing stories, truths, and outright lies / / Mary Hamilton
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| Autore: |
Hamilton Mary <1952->
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| Titolo: |
Kentucky folktales : revealing stories, truths, and outright lies / / Mary Hamilton
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| Pubblicazione: | Lexington, Ky. : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2012 |
| ©2012 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (229 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 398.209769 |
| Soggetto topico: | Tales - Kentucky |
| Storytelling - Kentucky | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; HAUNTS, FRIGHTS, AND CREEPY TALES; Stormwalker; Promises to Keep; The Gingerbread Boy; Little Ripen Pear; Flannel Mouth; The Blue Light; The Open Grave; TALL TALES AND OUTRIGHT LIES; Daniel Boone on the Hunt; Farmer Brown's Crop; Hunting Alone; Otis Ayers Had a Dog--Two Stories; Some Dog; MORE KENTUCKY FOLKTALES; The Enormous Bear; The Farmer's Smart Daughter; The Fortune Teller; The Princess Who Could Not Cry; Rawhead and Bloody Bones; BEYOND KENTUCKY FOLKTALES; Kate Crackernuts; The King and His Advisor; Rabbit and the Alligators |
| FAMILY TALES AND PERSONAL NARRATIVESA Place to Start; Jeff Rides the Rides; Jump Rope Kingdom; Mary Helen's Fiance; This Is the Story . . .; Permissions and Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The storytelling tradition has long been an important piece of Kentucky history and culture. Folktales, legends, tall tales, and ghost stories hold a special place in the imaginations of inventive storytellers and captive listeners. In Kentucky Folktales: Revealing Stories, Truths, and Outright Lies Kentucky storyteller Mary Hamilton narrates a range of stories with the voice and creativity only a master storyteller can evoke.Hamilton has perfected the art of entrancing an audience no matter the subject of her tales. Kentucky Folktales includes stories about Daniel Boone's ability to |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Kentucky folktales |
| ISBN: | 0-8131-4030-7 |
| 9786613582881 | |
| 1-280-48765-8 | |
| 0-8131-3601-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812756303321 |
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