Purt Nigh Gone: The Old Mountain Ways

by Zell Miller

Book Overview

Purt Nigh Gone: The Old Mountain Ways, the latest book by New York Times best-selling author, former U. S. senator and Georgia governor Zell Miller, is about a way of life that once was, but is no more. Time has taken its toll on much of the unique Appalachian mountain culture. Only a remnant now remains. "Purt nigh gone"...or "pretty near gone"...is the region's disappearing dialect, swallowed up by exposure to mass media popular culture. Nearly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0979646235
• ISBN13: 9780979646232
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Stroud & Hall Publishers
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"