Download or read book Tales from the Hills and Hollers written by Arlen Davidian and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are legends and stories and yarns and sayings and, finally, truths. But these truths might not quite meet the criteria for presentation as evidence in a court of law... With the flair of a true storyteller, Arlen Davidian expertly weaves together the tales he has encountered to create a patchwork portrait of life in rural Arkansas. Each life-the hobo, the Civil War soldier, the foreign exchange student, and the housewife-is captured vividly in the stories that Davidian relays. Whether they seem like hard truths or tall tales, each story gives the reader insight not only into the people of rural America but into the common heart of humanity. Readers may find that the Tales from the Hills and Hollers are not so different from the tales they too could tell about family members, neighbors, and friends.
Download or read book Tales from the Hills and Hollers of Eastern Kentucky written by Karen Quinn and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book More Tales from the Hills and Hollers of Eastern Kentucky written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hill and Holler Stories written by Douglas Mahnkey and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Haints and Hollers written by Brenda G'Fellers and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-23 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen plus one short tales by nine different Appalachian authors, an uprooting of tradition with another just for fun. A strong mix of history, speculation, and, perhaps, a wee bit of fear. These hills are listenin', child, so come sit a spell. You'll hear tales you ain't before; dark yahoos, wishes gone wrong, veil walkers, and someone's head might well roll. Ain't nothin' really, just a few new stories you can take back to the holler and share with you and yours. Maybe they'll shiver. Maybe you will too. And maybe, just maybe, you'll hug someone tight when things get scary enough. This is an anthology of nontraditional Appalachian ghost tales. It's not that we don't like the classics. Rather, we're ready for something new. By order of appearance: Part One: Short doesn't mean necessarily sweet. "Messages" by Deborah Marshall "Miss Vera" by Brenda M. G'Fellers "Can Johnny Come Home with Us?" by Rebecca Lynn "Strays" by Brenda M. G'Fellers "A Visit from a Peculiar Entity" by Jeanne G'Fellers Part Two: Here's to sad songs, rabid beasts, and things best left unseen. "Singin' Sally" by Sarah Elizabeth "Survival" by Brenda M. G'Fellers "Born with a Veil" by Jules Corriere "The Neighbors are Fantastic" by Jeanne G'Fellers "Pieces and Parts" by Anne G'Fellers-Mason "As Light Fades" by Kristin Pearson Part Three: Pull up a chair... if you ain't too scared. "Great Uncle's Rocking Chair" by Jeanne G'Fellers "Causing a Scene" by Anne G'Fellers-Mason "The Salt Creek Valley Monkey Dog" by Edward Karshner
Download or read book Haint Country written by Matthew R. Sparks and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2024-10 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hills of the Appalachia region hold secrets—dark, deep, varied, and mysterious. These secrets are often told in the form of eerie, thrilling, and creepy folk tales that reveal strange sightings, curious oddities, and commonly serve as cautionary tales for eager and curious ears. These spine-tingling stories have been told and retold by family members, neighbors, and "hillfolk" for generations. Haint Country: Dark Folktales from the Hills and Hollers is a collection of weird, otherworldly, and supernatural phenomenon in Eastern Kentucky—tales that have been recorded and documented for the first time. Collected and adapted by Matthew Sparks and Olivia Sizemore, the anthology explores stories of ghosts or "haints," strange creatures or "boogers," haunted locations or "stained earth," uncanny happenings or "high strangeness," and humorous Appalachian ghost stories. Contemporary yarns of black panthers, demons, and sightings of ghostly coal miners are narrated in the first person, reflecting the style and dialect of the collected oral history. Though comprised of a mixture of claimed accounts and fabricated lore, the locations and people woven throughout are very real. Complemented with evocative watercolor illustrations by Olivia Sizemore (who was inspired by the work of Stephen Gammell) and a compendium that provides additional context, Haint Country is a thrilling and bone-chilling excursion to the spooky corner of Appalachia.
Download or read book Hill Women written by Cassie Chambers and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After rising from poverty to earn two Ivy League degrees, an Appalachian lawyer pays tribute to the strong “hill women” who raised and inspired her, and whose values have the potential to rejuvenate a struggling region. “Destined to be compared to Hillbilly Elegy and Educated.”—BookPage (starred review) “A gritty, warm love letter to Appalachian communities and the resourceful women who lead them.”—Slate Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, Owsley County, Kentucky, is one of the poorest places in the country. Buildings are crumbling as tobacco farming and coal mining decline. But strong women find creative ways to subsist in the hills. Through the women who raised her, Cassie Chambers traces her path out of and back into the Kentucky mountains. Chambers’s Granny was a child bride who rose before dawn every morning to raise seven children. Granny’s daughter, Ruth—the hardest-working tobacco farmer in the county—stayed on the family farm, while Wilma—the sixth child—became the first in the family to graduate from high school. Married at nineteen and pregnant with Cassie a few months later, Wilma beat the odds to finish college. She raised her daughter to think she could move mountains, like the ones that kept her safe but also isolated from the larger world. Cassie would spend much of her childhood with Granny and Ruth in the hills of Owsley County. With her “hill women” values guiding her, she went on to graduate from Harvard Law. But while the Ivy League gave her opportunities, its privileged world felt far from her reality, and she moved home to help rural Kentucky women by providing free legal services. Appalachian women face issues from domestic violence to the opioid crisis, but they are also keeping their towns together in the face of a system that continually fails them. With nuance and heart, Chambers breaks down the myth of the hillbilly and illuminates a region whose poor communities, especially women, can lead it into the future.
Download or read book Tales from the Backwards Z written by Marshall McGaw and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-05-19 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a family friendly compilation of stories about a variety of hilarious characters from Maury County Tennessee. The author grew up in Mount Pleasant Tennessee on the south end of the county and learned of the exploits of several unique characters as he travelled a route called The Z. After moving away he began telling tales about these characters. The interest his listeners had in these stories fascinated him and he came to realize that other towns did not have a rich history like his hometown. Whether it is Officer Manley Workman hooking a wrecker to Fatty Isabel to haul him to jail after he refused to go or Tooterbill Odom causing a massive explosion in a slag pit at his place of employment to give the townsfolk a spectacular Fourth of July fireworks display, these stories will keep you laughing out loud. Another thing the author came to realize through the years as he started including tales about himself in these story telling sessions is that he had also contributed to the history of the town in some amusing ways. Is there another place like Mount Pleasant Tennessee? You will have to read the book to decide!
Download or read book The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales written by Ruth Ann Musick and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-09-12 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " West Virginia boasts an unusually rich heritage of ghost tales. Originally West Virginians told these hundred stories not for idle amusement but to report supernatural experiences that defied ordinary human explanation. From jealous rivals and ghostly children to murdered kinsmen and omens of death, these tales reflect the inner lives—the hopes, beliefs, and fears—of a people. Like all folklore, these tales reveal much of the history of the region: its isolation and violence, the passions and bloodshed of the Civil War era, the hardships of miners and railroad laborers, and the lingering vitality of Old World traditions.
Download or read book Tales from the Holler written by Eric Beaty and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nestled in the hills and mountains of Middle Tennessee, the Upper Cumberland is a region of sublime beauty, powerful history, and deep mystery. Anything can happen there. And it often has. Several writers who reside in the Upper Cumberland, all of them associated with Cookeville's Foxleaf Writers' Workshop, have contributed stories to this collection. You're in for a treat. Featuring works by: Eric Beaty J.R. Biery Ralph Bowden Amy Choplosky Sarah Gallo Patricia Gentry Lucy Killebrew Pamela Walton Troy D. Smith
Download or read book Deep in the Holler written by Elizabeth Hardin Buttke and published by Little Creek Books. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short stories with a setting in the Appalachian region.
Download or read book Holler Heaven and Home written by Mary Jenkins and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holler, Heaven and Home is an inspirational book with an Appalachian flavor. Its homespun stories and songs from the hills and hollers of eastern Kentucky will take you on a journey that shows the depths of faith during the good times and the bad. It chronicles the authors journey as her faith was on a firm foundation then wavered through the difficult time of her husbands cancer diagnosis and then, once again, restored. The book also reveals how Gods plan and purpose for our lives are often shown through the building blocks of adversity.
Download or read book Hocking Hills and Hollers written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Stuff of Legends written by Helen C. Ayers and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-11-08 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This talented author has again accomplished the impossible by bringing her colorful characters to life in a very entertaining way as only she can do. Read aboutthe young boy who discovered a beer box airplane made a wreckage of his plans to fight the war..the older couple who loved squirrel meat; she couldnt see, he couldnt hear so they hunted together quite successfully..the old soldier who thought bathing made him smell like a sissy.. the storekeeper who made and sold pickled dog..the older woman who whipped her naughty chickens.. the young mother who was prepared to shoot an invader.. the couple who dated 48 years before finally marrying and why they waited so long. Read all of these stories and many more in this exciting, easy to read historical document. You will laugh and cry all the way through this book.
Download or read book Best Yet Life and Lore of the Smokies written by Bonnie Trentham Myers and published by Myers & Myers Publishing. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bonnie Trentham Myers was born in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park before it became an American treasure. Her family produced nearly everything they needed on their 363-acre farm before they sold their property to the national park service. Her reflections, helpful hints, and insights into early life in the Smoky Mountains provide a truly authentic glimpse into a unique existence. From camp meetings and corn shuckings to tailholders and ¿tater holes Best Yet Life and Lore of the Smokies informs and entertains with topics that are too quickly passing from our memory.
Download or read book Root Jumper written by Justine Felix Rutherford and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-07-18 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Root Jumper is an autobiography of the authors life as she grew up on a farm during the Depression years. It also includes many fond memories of special people who have had a lasting effect on her. Simply written, Root Jumper will appeal to readers of all ages. Youth will enjoy it for educational and historical value. Older people will experience memories of the good old days, and all readers will feel the emotions of happiness, sadness, love, and honor mixed with the humor of everyday life. In todays time of the technology of texting, tweeting, and computerized social networking, Miss Teeny takes us back to the day of her roots through the language of love, laughter, and true friends and family networking. My wish is that all students, past, present, and future, read these stories to gain a taste of the richness of the Appalachian culture which Justine so passionately portrays in Root Jumper. Elizabeth Hanna Green Teacher/ School Administrator Root Jumper should be required reading for all ages. Young people should read it to learn more about life in the good old days, and mature readers will enjoy their own precious memories as they walk with Justine Rutherford through the days of her youth. What an amazing memoryand the outstanding ability to paint such vivid word pictures for all to enjoy. Jim Franklin Pastor
Download or read book Legends Lore of Southwest Virginia written by Shane S. Simmons and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-23 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the traditional tales of the hills and hollers of southwestern Virginia. From the infamous Black Sisters of Christiansburg to the ghost of the famed Barter Theatre in Abingdon, the region is filled with stories that have haunted residents for decades. The Woodbooger, a local Bigfoot, is said to roam the mountainsides which are also home to many eccentric and inspiring legendary characters, including Molly Tynes, Reverend Robert Sheffey, Napoleon Hill and Cedar Creek Charlie. Authors Melody West and Shane Simmons uncover tales of unique people and places that have seldom been told.
