Tales from Kentucky Lawyers

by William Lynwood Montell

Book Overview

" "A woman was sitting on the witness stand, and the lawyer asked her, 'Did you, or did you not, on the night of June 23rd have sex with a hippie on the back of a motorcycle in a peach orchard?' She thought for a few minutes, then said, 'What was that date again?'"-from the book Lawyers have long been known as master storytellers, and those from Kentucky are certainly no exception. Veteran oral historian and folklorist Lynwood Montell has collected...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813122945
• ISBN13: 9780813122946
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A very narrow audience

A very readable book but my concern is that it has a very narrow audience -- attorneys who practice in rural or southern states. In any case, lots of great stories and a good look back at how things used to be. If you like this sort of thing, then this is the sort of thing you will like!