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Beyond the briar patch : affrilachian folktales, food, and folklore / Lyn Ford.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Marion : Parkhurst Brothers, Inc., [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (157 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781624910265
  • 1624910262
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Beyond the Briar Patch : Affrilachian Folktales, Food, and Folklore.DDC classification:
  • 398.2089/96073 23
LOC classification:
  • GR111.A47 F673 2014
Other classification:
  • BIO002000
Online resources:
Contents:
Acknowledgments: Thank You, Folks!; Preface: The Rabbit in That Briar Patch?; The Briar Patch and Beyond; Critters; The Happy Place . A Somewhat Different "Briar-Patch" Tale; Turtle and Rabbit; Grasshopper and the Ants; Fox and Crow; Mrs. Turtle's Cooking Pot; Pig's Nose; Papa Turtle and Monkey; Rabbit and Fox at the Well; Rabbit and Lion at the Well; Folks; Clever Jackie; Josephus; Four Tales of John; One · The Baby; Two · Pig and Possum; Three · The Handsomest Man in the World; Four · Old John and Death; The Devil and the Farmer's Wife; Spookers and Haints; John and the Devil.
Jack Finds His FearSiftin' Sand; A Sense of Place, and Time · And One Last Story; Reading Group Extras; About the Author; Q & A With Author Lyn Ford; Author's Comments on the Origins of This Book; Glossary.
Summary: "Lyn Ford, an African-American storyteller, honored by her peers nationally, retells traditional stories and folkways from her cultural heritage"-- Provided by publisher
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Acknowledgments: Thank You, Folks!; Preface: The Rabbit in That Briar Patch?; The Briar Patch and Beyond; Critters; The Happy Place . A Somewhat Different "Briar-Patch" Tale; Turtle and Rabbit; Grasshopper and the Ants; Fox and Crow; Mrs. Turtle's Cooking Pot; Pig's Nose; Papa Turtle and Monkey; Rabbit and Fox at the Well; Rabbit and Lion at the Well; Folks; Clever Jackie; Josephus; Four Tales of John; One · The Baby; Two · Pig and Possum; Three · The Handsomest Man in the World; Four · Old John and Death; The Devil and the Farmer's Wife; Spookers and Haints; John and the Devil.

Jack Finds His FearSiftin' Sand; A Sense of Place, and Time · And One Last Story; Reading Group Extras; About the Author; Q & A With Author Lyn Ford; Author's Comments on the Origins of This Book; Glossary.

"Lyn Ford, an African-American storyteller, honored by her peers nationally, retells traditional stories and folkways from her cultural heritage"-- Provided by publisher

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