| Description |
1 online resource (97, [1] pages) |
| Series |
The Kentucky bicentennial bookshelf |
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Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelf.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Folk Images of Kentucky; 3 Kentucky Words and Brief Expressions; 4 The Yarnspinner in Kentucky; 5 Folk History and Legends; 6 Kentucky Singers; 7 Folklore in Kentucky Literature; 8 Summing Up; Published Sources; Unpublished Sources |
| Summary |
The oral tradition of Kentucky is one of the most rich and interesting in the nation and has attracted a number of outstanding men and women -- scholars and writers, teachers and singers -- who have devoted their energies to Kentucky's folk and their ways. Some have collected examples of the state's unique speech patterns and word usages. Others have recorded local place names and the legends that surround them, or the yarns and tall tales transmitted from one generation to the next. Musicians have sought the authentic mountain folk songs, both old and new, and gifted writers have woven detail |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 96-98) |
| 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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Print version record |
| Subject |
Folklore -- Kentucky
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Folk literature, American -- Kentucky
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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Folk literature, American
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Folklore
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Kentucky
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Clarke, Mary Washington, author
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| LC no. |
74007872 |
| ISBN |
9780813150314 |
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0813150310 |
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