Stories from the heart : Missouri's African American heritage / / collected and told by Gladys Caines Coggswell

• Pubblicazione: Columbia, Mo., : University of Missouri Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 141 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 398.2088/960730778
• Soggetto topico: African Americans - Missouri; African Americans - Missouri - Social life and customs; Tales - Missouri; Oral tradition - Missouri
• Soggetto geografico: Missouri Social life and customs
• Altri autori: Caines CoggswellGladys
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-134) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Lisa L. Higgins -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Family Stories -- 1. Finding Frankford--Mrs. Marie Campbell--Rev. Faye Vaughn--Mrs. Camie Doolin -- 2. Getting to Know Hannibal--Mrs. Dorine Ambers--Mrs. Lillian Jones--Mrs. Louise Williams--Angela Williams -- 3. Bowling Green--Mr. Jerry Grimmett -- 4. St. Louis Eldertellers--Mrs. Catherine Clemmons--Mrs. Icey Gardner--Mrs. Mildred Grice--Carole Shelton--Mettazee Morris -- 5. I n the Bootheel--Evelyn Pulliam--Loretta Washington -- 6. Country Schools, City Schools--Loretta Washington--Marlene Rhodes -- 7. Why We Tell Stories--Tracy Milsap Coggswell Family Stories -- 8. Change and Continuity in Missouri Storytelling -- Epilogue -- For More Reading -- Index -- About the Author.
• Sommario/riassunto: "A collection of African American family stories and traditional tales, compiled and brought to print by a master storyteller as she visited Missouri communities and participated in storytelling events over the last two decades"--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: Stories from the heart
• ISBN: 0-8262-7183-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808621803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Missouri heritage readers.