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Author Patterson, Daniel W. (Daniel Watkins), 1928-

Title A tree accurst : Bobby McMillon and stories of Frankie Silver / Daniel W. Patterson
Published Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 224 pages) : illustrations
Series North Carolina history & culture anthology
North Carolina history & culture anthology
NC LIVE module
Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Bobby McMillon and Oral Tradition; 2. Frankie Silver Lore as Performed by Bobby McMillon; 3. The State versus Frances Silver; 4. A Story that Happened: The Legend of Frankie Silver; 5. The Ballad "Frankie Silver"; 6. A Tale of a Governor; Conclusion; Appendix A: Variants of the Frankie Silver Legend Cycle; Appendix B: Variants of the "Frankie Silver" (Laws E 13); Appendix C: Artistic Treatments of the Frankie Silver Story; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Summary Frankie Silver was hanged for the murder of her husband. Later, people claimed that a tree growing near the cabin in which Charlie Silver had been buried was "accurst". This work uses the "accurst" tree metaphor for the grip the story of the murder has had on the imaginations of the community
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-217) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Silver, Frankie -- Legends
McMillon, Bobby -- Contributions in folklore
Silver, Frankie
SUBJECT McMillon, Bobby fast
Silver, Frankie fast
Subject Tales -- North Carolina -- Mitchell County -- History and criticism
Murder -- North Carolina -- Mitchell County -- Folklore
Oral tradition -- North Carolina -- Mitchell County
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
Folklore
Murder
Oral tradition
Tales
SUBJECT Mitchell County (N.C.) -- Folklore
Subject North Carolina -- Mitchell County
Genre/Form Fiction
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Folklore
Legends
Fiction.
Romans.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0807860913
9780807860915