Songs of Life and Grace / / Linda Scott DeRosier

• Autore: DeRosier Linda Scott <1941->
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2008; ©2003
• Edizione: Paperback edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Disciplina: 976.9/1043/092
• Soggetto topico: Appalachians (People) - Kentucky - Social life and customs
• Soggetto geografico: Kentucky Biography; Appalachian Region, Southern Biography; Appalachian Region, Southern Social life and customs
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Songs of Life and Grace
• ISBN: 0-8131-9407-5; 0-8131-5989-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814437603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II