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Ray Hicks And The Jack Tales
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Download or read book Ray Hicks written by Robert Isbell and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ray Hicks, 78, the famous teller of Appalachian Jack Tales, is one of America's best-loved storytellers. In this book he shares a different kind of story, a chronicle of his family's experiences in the remote section of the North Carolina mountains where
Book Synopsis Ray Hicks and the Jack Tales by : Christine Pavesic
Download or read book Ray Hicks and the Jack Tales written by Christine Pavesic and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jack Tales derive from a Western European narrative cycle and are the oldest folktales to survive in the North American oral tradition. In the twenty-first century, the Jack Tales continue to retain their place at the forefront of Western Oral Tradition. Over the centuries the tales of Jack and his adventures have tended to absorb the interests and values of the culture in which they are operating. Ray Hicks and the Jack Tales: A Study of Appalachian History, Culture, and Philosophy, assesses folktales in the oral tradition and examines both the history and the cultural impact of them. It includes a survey of existing scholarship concerning orality and the European origins of the Jack Tales and then focuses upon a prominent Appalachian native recorder of the tales, Ray Hicks. His enthusiasm and skill as a storyteller has allowed Hicks to bring an ancient body of oral literature to all types of audiences. The way that Hicks has enhanced the Jack Tales through his manner of storytelling-the nature of his performance, his voice and mimicry, the stimulus of the audience and his response-is explored along with the setting of these tales-the Appalachian mountains.
Book Synopsis The Life and Times of Ray Hicks by : Lynn Salsi
Download or read book The Life and Times of Ray Hicks written by Lynn Salsi and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned storyteller Ray Hicks was a certified national treasure. He received many prestigious honors in his lifetime, including the National Heritage Fellowship Award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Best known for his traditional storytelling and also for saving the original Beech Mountain Jack tales brought to the Appalachian Mountains by his ancestors as early as 1776, Hicks was conscious of the role he played in the preservation of oral storytelling. Many of those stories are included in The Life and Times of Ray Hicks. Born in 1922, Ray lived his whole life in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. (Although it finally got a refrigerator and electric lights, Ray's place never did get a telephone, indoor plumbing, or a radio or television.) It seems he knew everything there was to know about living off the land and about his family's history. A lot of what he knew is in this new book. Hicks made his public storytelling debut in 1951, when a local schoolteacher invited him to her class. In 1973, Ray performed at the very first International Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee. He appeared at every one until he became too weak to attend. He died on Easter Sunday in 2003. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews and visits, painstakingly pieced together by Lynn Salsi, The Life and Times of Ray Hicks comes as close as possible to capturing the way Ray talked. Part memoir and part biography, The Life and Times of Ray Hicks presents, sometimes in Ray Hicks's own words, the most important part of his long, colorful life-a life scarcely less interesting than the Jack Tales he told so well. Lynn Salsi is the author of several books, including The Jack Tales and Young Ray Hicks Learns the Jack Tales. She has received the American Library Association's Notable Book Award, six Willie Parker Peace History Book Awards, and was named the North Carolina Historian of the Year in 2001.
Download or read book Young Ray Hicks written by Lynn Salsi and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ray Hicks experiences the Great Depression while living in the Appalachian Mountains and learning stories from his grandfather that were brought to America by his ancestors.
Download or read book The Jack Tales written by Ray Hicks and published by Callaway Editions. This book was released on 2000 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See:
Book Synopsis Jack Tales and Mountain Yarns by : Orville Hicks
Download or read book Jack Tales and Mountain Yarns written by Orville Hicks and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Orville Hicks has enthralled audiences beyond the porches of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, for more than two decades. Jack Tales and Mountain Yarns captures the voice of the master storyteller in more than twenty transcribed stories, paired with lively pencil sketches. Having grown up in a hollow, he knows the mountain setting and his clever character Jack"--Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis Jack in Two Worlds by : William Bernard McCarthy
Download or read book Jack in Two Worlds written by William Bernard McCarthy and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Jack" known to all of us from "Jack and the Beanstalk" is the hero of a cycle of tales brought to this country from the British Isles. Jack in Two Worlds is a unique collection that brings together eight of these stories as transcribed from ac
Book Synopsis Rosie Hicks and Her Recipe Book by : Donnie Shedlarz
Download or read book Rosie Hicks and Her Recipe Book written by Donnie Shedlarz and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Appalachian Jack Tales by : Lynn Sims Salsi
Download or read book Appalachian Jack Tales written by Lynn Sims Salsi and published by Forza Renea. This book was released on 2008-05-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lynn Slasi and James Young collaborate once more with the Appalachian Jack Tales, a story collection that puts Jack ant home in the high-mountain setting; this is much more than a book. Salsi sets each story in an historical context. This volume complements Young Ray Hicks Learns the Jack Tales, now a classroom staple for middle grade readers.
Book Synopsis Orville Hicks by : Julia Taylor Ebel
Download or read book Orville Hicks written by Julia Taylor Ebel and published by Parkway Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Saving Granddaddy's Stories: Ray Hicks, the Voice of Appalachia by : Shannon Hitchcock
Download or read book Saving Granddaddy's Stories: Ray Hicks, the Voice of Appalachia written by Shannon Hitchcock and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young boy living in the Appalachian Mountains, Ray Hicks loved his grandfather's stories because he told them "the mountain way." After his grandfather's death, Ray continued to tell these stories to anyone who would listen. Years later, his storytelling became so famous he was known as the "Voice of Appalachia."
Download or read book Sidekicks written by Jack D. Ferraiolo and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Batman has Robin, Wonder Woman has Wonder Girl, and Phantom Justice has Bright Boy, a.k.a. Scott Hutchinson, an ordinary schoolkid by day and a superfast, superstrong sidekick by night, fighting loyally next to his hero. But after an embarrassing incident involving his too-tight spandex costume, plus some signs that Phantom Justice may not be the good guy he pretends to be, Scott begins to question his role. With the help of a fellow sidekick, once his nemesis, Scott must decide if growing up means being loyal or stepping boldly to the center of things. Great for boys, comics fans, and anyone looking for a superhero tale that’s also an insightful look at adolescence.
Book Synopsis The Storm in the Barn by : Matt Phelan
Download or read book The Storm in the Barn written by Matt Phelan and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facing his share of ordinary challenges, from local bullies to his father's failed expectations, eleven-year-old Jack Clark must also deal with the effects of the Dust Bowl in 1937 Kansas, including the rising tensions in his small town and the spread ofa shadowy illness.
Book Synopsis Do You Speak American? by : Robert Macneil
Download or read book Do You Speak American? written by Robert Macneil and published by Nan A. Talese. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is American English in decline? Are regional dialects dying out? Is there a difference between men and women in how they adapt to linguistic variations? These questions, and more, about our language catapulted Robert MacNeil and William Cran—the authors (with Robert McCrum) of the language classic The Story of English—across the country in search of the answers. Do You Speak American? is the tale of their discoveries, which provocatively show how the standard for American English—if a standard exists—is changing quickly and dramatically. On a journey that takes them from the Northeast, through Appalachia and the Deep South, and west to California, the authors observe everyday verbal interactions and in a host of interviews with native speakers glean the linguistic quirks and traditions characteristic of each area. While examining the histories and controversies surrounding both written and spoken American English, they address anxieties and assumptions that, when explored, are highly emotional, such as the growing influence of Spanish as a threat to American English and the special treatment of African-American vernacular English. And, challenging the purists who think grammatical standards are in serious deterioration and that media saturation of our culture is homogenizing our speech, they surprise us with unpredictable responses. With insight and wit, MacNeil and Cran bring us a compelling book that is at once a celebration and a potent study of our singular language. Each wave of immigration has brought new words to enrich the American language. Do you recognize the origin of 1. blunderbuss, sleigh, stoop, coleslaw, boss, waffle? Or 2. dumb, ouch, shyster, check, kaput, scram, bummer? Or 3. phooey, pastrami, glitch, kibbitz, schnozzle? Or 4. broccoli, espresso, pizza, pasta, macaroni, radio? Or 5. smithereens, lollapalooza, speakeasy, hooligan? Or 6. vamoose, chaps, stampede, mustang, ranch, corral? 1. Dutch 2. German 3. Yiddish 4. Italian 5. Irish 6. Spanish
Book Synopsis Appalachia Inside Out: Conflict and change by : Robert J. Higgs
Download or read book Appalachia Inside Out: Conflict and change written by Robert J. Higgs and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two volumes of Appalachia Inside Out constitute the most comprehensive anthology of writings on Appalachia ever assembled. Representing the work of approximately two hundred authors.
Author :William Bernard McCarthy Publisher :Univ of North Carolina Press ISBN 13 :9780807821350 Total Pages :230 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (213 download)
Book Synopsis Jack in Two Worlds by : William Bernard McCarthy
Download or read book Jack in Two Worlds written by William Bernard McCarthy and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack in Two Worlds: Contemporary North American Tales and Their Tellers
Download or read book Jack and the Dragon written by Lynn Salsi and published by Forza Renea. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A version of the old Beech Mountain Jack Tale told in the traditional form as "Jack and the Fire Dragaman." An adventure story of how young Jack meets the dragon and conquers him.
