My Curious and Jocular Heroes: Tales and Tale-Spinners from Appalachia

by Loyal Jones

Book Overview

We were going down the road, and we came to this house. There was a little boy standing by the road just crying and crying.

We stopped, and we heard the biggest racket you ever heard up in the house.

"What's the matter, son?"

"Why, Maw and Paw are up there fightin'."

"Who is your Paw, son?"

"Well, that's what they are fightin' over."

Brimming with ballads, stories, riddles,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252082672
• ISBN13: 9780252082672
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"