Jane Hicks Gentry-Pa

By Betty N. Smith

Book Overview

Winner of the North Carolina Society of Historians Award Jane Hicks Gentry lived her entire life in the remote, mountainous northwest corner of North Carolina and was descended from old Appalachian families in which singing and storytelling were part of everyday life. Gentry took this tradition to heart, and her legacy includes ballads, songs, stories, and riddles. Smith provides a full biography of this vibrant woman and the tradition into which she was born, presenting seventy of Gentry's song

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813109361
• ISBN13: 9780813109367
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher