Download or read book Moccasin Tracks and Other Imprints 1915 written by William Christian Dodrill and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1915 Edition.
Download or read book Moccasin Tracks and Other Imprints written by William Christian Dodrill and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... WINTER BIRD FRIENDS. Bird life in Webster county during the winter is not very extensive. It comprises two well-defined groups --winter visitants and permanent residents. A few summer residents sometimes prolong their stay until Christmas, and in very rare instances they remain throughout the long, dreary winter. The robin, the blue bird, and the towhee are the three species most frequently found here when other migratory birds have left for the south. The winter season is a very favorable time for bird study. The species are not so numerous as to be confusing even to those who have given but little time to the study of their form, color, song, or habits. Birds are not so timid during very cold weather and will venture to the doorstep if they are given the least encouragement. Many bird lovers feed them when snow covers the ground. Lunch counters are provided for the purpose where the diners are in no danger of being molested by the house cat. This practice of feeding the birds is a very commendable one. It has a tendency to attract them to one's premises. But very few, if any, of the winter birds will freeze to death when plentifully supplied with food. The normal temperature of a bird is much higher than in quadrupeds, and, because of this fact, a greater amount of food is required to maintain the body heat. The amount of food a bird consumes daily is astonishing. It sometimes amounts to almost the weight of the bird. WINTER VISITANTS. The Junco. The junco, or slate-colored snowbird, is the most numerous family of winter visitants. It is known to every one, for its acquaintance can be most readily made. It arrives in the latitude of Webster Springs as early as the middle of October and usually remains until the latter part of April....
Download or read book Moccasin Tracks and Other Imprints written by William Christian Dodrill and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Moccasin Tracks and Other Imprints written by William Christian Dodrill and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MOCCASIN TRACKS...is a descriptive, entertaining account of significant times in West Virginia. Originally printed in 1915 & reprinted in 1974, this paperback edition is a historical collector's must. From the American Revolution to the Civil War, the Appalachias are explored by author William Christian Dodrill.
Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries New Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1940 with total page 2230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Part 1, Books, Group 1, Nos. 1-12 (1940-1943)
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Download or read book Play of a Fiddle written by Gerald Milnes and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play of a Fiddle gives voice to people who steadfastly hold to and build on the folk traditions of their ancestors. While encountering the influences of an increasingly overwhelming popular culture, the men and women in this book follow age-old patterns of folklife and custom, making their own music and dance in celebration of them. Shedding new light on a region that maintains ties to the cultural identities of its earliest European and African inhabitants, Gerald Milnes shows how folk music in West Virginia borrowed rhythmic, melodic, and vocal forms from the Celtic, Anglo, Germanic, and African traditions. These elements have come together to create a body of music tied more to place and circumstance than to ethnicity. Milnes explores the legacies of the state's best-known performers and musical families. He discusses religious music, balladeering, the influence of black musicians and styles, dancing, banjo and dulcimer traditions, and the importance of old-time music as a cultural pillar of West Virginia life. A musician himself, Milnes has been collecting songs and stories in West Virginia for more than twenty-five years. The result is an enjoyable book filled with anecdotes, local history, and keen observations about musical lives.
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Download or read book Handbook of the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States written by William A. Kretzschmar and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1993-09-15 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who uses "skeeter hawk," "snake doctor," and "dragonfly" to refer to the same insect? Who says "gum band" instead of "rubber band"? The answers can be found in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States (LAMSAS), the largest single survey of regional and social differences in spoken American English. It covers the region from New York state to northern Florida and from the coastline to the borders of Ohio and Kentucky. Through interviews with nearly twelve hundred people conducted during the 1930s and 1940s, the LAMSAS mapped regional variations in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation at a time when population movements were more limited than they are today, thus providing a unique look at the correspondence of language and settlement patterns. This handbook is an essential guide to the LAMSAS project, laying out its history and describing its scope and methodology. In addition, the handbook reveals biographical information about the informants and social histories of the communities in which they lived, including primary settlement areas of the original colonies. Dialectologists will rely on it for understanding the LAMSAS, and historians will find it valuable for its original historical research. Since much of the LAMSAS questionnaire concerns rural terms, the data collected from the interviews can pinpoint such language differences as those between areas of plantation and small-farm agriculture. For example, LAMSAS reveals that two waves of settlement through the Appalachians created two distinct speech types. Settlers coming into Georgia and other parts of the Upper South through the Shenandoah Valley and on to the western side of the mountain range had a Pennsylvania-influenced dialect, and were typically small farmers. Those who settled the Deep South in the rich lowlands and plateaus tended to be plantation farmers from Virginia and the Carolinas who retained the vocabulary and speech patterns of coastal areas. With these revealing findings, the LAMSAS represents a benchmark study of the English language, and this handbook is an indispensable guide to its riches.
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