Sheila Adams has been performing Appalachian ballads and telling stories for over twenty years. A native of Madison County, North Carolina, she was introduced to the tale-telling tradition by her great-aunt ‘Granny, ‘ well-known balladeer Dellie Chandler Norton. This collection of Adams’s stories provides a rare portrait of a distinctive mountain community and charts the development of an artist’s unique voice. The tales range from stories of heroic, sometimes fierce, mountain settlers to the comic adventures of local drifters and tricksters, from magical childhood encounters to adult rites of passage. We meet Bertha and the snake handlers, local preacher Manassey Fender (who ‘looked like a pencil with a burr haircut, in a suit’), and Adams’s beloved grandfather Breaddaddy, who taught her about life and death with an enchanting graveyard dance. But perhaps the most powerful character depicted here is ‘Granny, ‘ whom Adams calls ‘the most exciting person I have ever known and the best teacher I would ever have.’ By weaving these remembrances into her stories, Adams both preserves and extends a rich artistic heritage.
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Sheila Kay Adams, a former public school teacher, now pursues a career of sharing the music, stories, and heritage of her mountain culture. She lives with her husband and children in western North Carolina.यह ईबुक खरीदें और 1 और मुफ़्त पाएं!
भाषा अंग्रेज़ी ● स्वरूप EPUB ● पेज 136 ● ISBN 9780807866467 ● फाइल का आकार 2.3 MB ● प्रकाशक The University of North Carolina Press ● शहर Chapel Hill ● देश US ● प्रकाशित 2000 ● डाउनलोड करने योग्य 24 महीने ● मुद्रा EUR ● आईडी 5507778 ● कॉपी सुरक्षा Adobe DRM
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