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Front Porch Tales

Author : Philip Gulley
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061744069
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Front Porch Tales written by Philip Gulley and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Part Mark Twain, part Garrison Keillor, Philip Gulley is a breath of fresh air in an over-sophisticated and often jaded world.” —Gloria Gaither, singer and songwriter Master storyteller Philip Gulley shares tender and hilarious real-life moments that capture the important truths of everyday life. When Philip Gulley began writing newsletter essays for the twelve members of his Quaker meeting in Indiana, he had no idea one of them would find its way to radio commentator Paul Harvey Jr. and be read on the air to twenty-four million people. Fourteen books later, with more than a million books in print, Gulley still entertains as well as inspires from his small-town front porch. “Perhaps more things were resolved on America’s front porches than in any other place, and yet so few are being used today. With this delightful collection of stories, told in a warm and easy style, Philip Gulley invites us to sit again on the front porch—a place of hearth, home, and folks we’ve known.” —Gary Smalley, bestselling author and family relationship expert “The tales Philip Gulley unveils are tender and humorous . . . filled with sudden, unexpected, lump-in-the-throat poignancy.” —Paul Harvey, Jr., American radio broadcaster

Front Porch Stories

Author : Eleanora E. Tate
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780785725794
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (257 download)

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Download or read book Front Porch Stories written by Eleanora E. Tate and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Margie and her younger cousin forget their boredom when Margie's father entertains them with stories about people and events in their small Missouri town's past.

Amish Front Porch Stories

Author : Wanda E. Brunstetter
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1643521918
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (435 download)

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Download or read book Amish Front Porch Stories written by Wanda E. Brunstetter and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come and sit awhile as you enjoy 18 fictional short stories of love, joy, and the peace found in Amish country. Amish Country is known for an atmosphere of peace and quiet, perfect for front-porch sitting with a good book. Join New York Times bestselling author Wanda E. Brunstetter, her daughter-in-law, and granddaughter, as they share 18 heartwarming stories from Amish Country. These fictional short stories include journeys we can all relate to as we seek how to live led by love, joy, peace, patience, and other Fruits of the Spirit. Meet Anna, who struggles to show love to a cantankerous neighbor; Laura, who endures infertility; Nora, whose pride threatens to consume her life; and other women who walk in their faith each day.

Front Porch Stories

Author : Ella Kathryn Hendry
Publisher : Tabby House Books
ISBN 13 : 9781881539230
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (392 download)

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Download or read book Front Porch Stories written by Ella Kathryn Hendry and published by Tabby House Books. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Stories from the Porch

Author : Roger L Guffey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781649902610
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Stories from the Porch written by Roger L Guffey and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The front porch is an integral component of Appalachian homes and the culture of the people who live there. 'Come on up and sit awhile' is an invitation to friends and strangers alike to join the host on the porch where a screen door separates the privacy of the home and the public square. Porches were the antecedents to today's social media. Impersonal cell phone screens have supplanted the friendly rocking chairs and swings where people shared their stories.Women broke beans and peeled apples, men swapped idle chatter while whittling cedar sticks, children read comic books and fairy tales, and dogs basked in the sunlight. People remembered times long past, courted romantic partners, and mourned the passing of friends and family. Traditions were passed between generations on the porch where the problems of the day evaporated in the cool twilight amidst the sirenic calls of whip-poor-wills and screech owls. Stories from the Porch is a collection of narratives that a visitor might hear while enjoying a slice of apple pie and a cold glass of lemonade or a cup of coffee from a stovetop percolator.

Alabama, One Big Front Porch

Author : Kathryn Tucker Windham
Publisher : NewSouth Books
ISBN 13 : 1588382192
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Alabama, One Big Front Porch written by Kathryn Tucker Windham and published by NewSouth Books. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Many of Alabama's finest stories used to begin with a reference to 'the night the stars fell,' and even now there is an inclination among some residents to divide local history into two segments: before the stars fell and after the stars fell. That would make November 13, 1833, the dividing line. "Thousands of Alabamians, thinking the end of the world was at hand when they saw the heavenly spectacle, fell to their knees to plead for mercy and forgiveness. Others promised eternal renunciation of sin (card playing, dancing, whiskey drinking, cursing, and associated vices) if they were spared whatever catastrophes were in the offing. Still others jumped upon horses and tried to outrace the fearful menace they believed was pursuing them.

Porch Lies

Author : Patricia McKissack
Publisher : Schwartz & Wade
ISBN 13 : 0307559173
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Porch Lies written by Patricia McKissack and published by Schwartz & Wade. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor–winning anthology The Dark Thirty is filled with bad characters who know exactly how to charm. From the author's note that takes us back to McKissack's own childhood when she would listen to stories told on her front porch... to the captivating introductions to each tale, in which the storyteller introduces himself and sets the stage for what follows... to the ten entertaining tales themselves, here is a worthy successor to McKissack's The Dark Thirty. In "The Best Lie Ever Told," meet Dooley Hunter, a trickster who spins an enormous whopper at the State Liar's contest. In "Aunt Gran and the Outlaws," watch a little old lady slickster outsmart Frank and Jesse James. And in "Cake Norris Lives On," come face to face with a man some folks believe may have died up to twenty-seven different times!

Porch Stories

Author : Jewell Parker Rhodes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 145160453X
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Porch Stories written by Jewell Parker Rhodes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction Jewell Parker Rhodes is a master of her craft, under-standing how both real and imagined stories can serve as a pathway to enlightenment. Porch Stories is Rhodes's tribute to her beloved grandmother, a real account of the love she received and the lessons she learned. Jewell Parker Rhodes was left in the care of her father and his mother when her own mother abandoned the family. Grandmother Ernestine's house in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was home to four other grandchildren as well. And while its crumbling bricks, lack of air-conditioning, and neighborhood rodents meant that life was anything but easy, the family house was filled with love. Everyone on their street knew and loved Grandmother Ernestine; men would tip their hats and children would rush up for a hug any time she was outside. No one loved Grandmother Ernestine more than Jewell, who would pass up a movie with her cousins to sit outside on Ernestine's front stoop and listen to her stories and her words of comfort. Jewell would later move out West to live with her mother and father as they reattempted marriage. But that was a short-lived experience. Before long, she was back in the loving arms of her grandmother, whose wisdom and warmth gave all of her children the tools to overcome the ordinary and extraordinary challenges life brings. Porch Stories, described by Rhodes as "an intergenerational love song," is a loving tribute that is at once candid, courageous, and reverent -- a literary portrait of family love that readers from all walks of life can see in themselves.

Out on the Porch

Author : Clifton Dowell
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 9780945575931
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book Out on the Porch written by Clifton Dowell and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evoking soft summer evenings in the South, a collection of photographs and quotes from such famous writers as William Faulkner and Eudora Welty celebrates the porch as a vital extension of the American character. By the author of Kate Vaiden.

The Power Of The Rose

Author : Anne E. Schraff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780780737907
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (379 download)

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Download or read book The Power Of The Rose written by Anne E. Schraff and published by . This book was released on 1995-06 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Valerie Moran cannot forget the mysterious Basil Harris, who gave her a rose before disappearing, as she worries about the thieves preying on taxi drivers such as her father, and begins a new relationship wih Gil Sheffield.

Rocking Chair Memories and Front Porch Stories

Author : Roy E. Slezak
Publisher : America Star Books
ISBN 13 : 9781630008444
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Rocking Chair Memories and Front Porch Stories written by Roy E. Slezak and published by America Star Books. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A touching and funny memoir of a young boy growing up in New Jersey, and his journey through adulthood.

Tinkers

Author : Paul Harding
Publisher : Bellevue Literary Press
ISBN 13 : 1942658613
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Tinkers written by Paul Harding and published by Bellevue Literary Press. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special edition of Paul Harding’s Pulitzer Prize–winning debut novel—featuring a new foreword by Marilynne Robinson and book club extras inside In this deluxe tenth anniversary edition, Marilynne Robinson introduces the beautiful novel Tinkers, which begins with an old man who lies dying. As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past, where he is reunited with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, Tinkers is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature. The story behind this New York Times bestselling debut novel—the first independently published Pulitzer Prize winner since A Confederacy of Dunces received the award nearly thirty years before—is as extraordinary as the elegant prose within it. Inspired by his family’s history, Paul Harding began writing Tinkers when his rock band broke up. Following numerous rejections from large publishers, Harding was about to shelve the manuscript when Bellevue Literary Press offered a contract. After being accepted by BLP, but before it was even published, the novel developed a following among independent booksellers from coast to coast. Readers and critics soon fell in love, and it went on to receive the Pulitzer Prize, prompting the New York Times to declare the novel’s remarkable success “the most dramatic literary Cinderella story of recent memory.” That story is still being written as readers across the country continue to discover this modern classic, which has now sold over half a million copies, proving once again that great literature has a thriving and passionate audience. Paul Harding is the author of two novels about multiple generations of a New England family: Enon and the Pulitzer Prize–winning Tinkers. He teaches at Stony Brook Southampton.

The Great Night

Author : Chris Adrian
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1429961007
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Great Night written by Chris Adrian and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed as a "gifted, courageous writer"(The New York Times), Chris Adrian brings all his extraordinary talents to bear in The Great Night—a brilliant and mesmerizing retelling of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." On Midsummer Eve 2008, three people, each on the run from a failed relationship, become trapped in San Francisco's Buena Vista Park, the secret home of Titania, Oberon, and their court. On this night, something awful is happening in the faerie kingdom: in a fit of sadness over the end of her marriage, which broke up in the wake of the death of her adopted son, Titania has set loose an ancient menace, and the chaos that ensues will threaten the lives of immortals and mortals alike. Selected by The New Yorker as one the best young writers in America, Adrian has created a singularly playful, heartbreaking, and humorous novel—a story that charts the borders between reality and dreams, love and magic, and mortality and immortality.

Porch Swing Stories

Author : R. A. Moulds
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595125255
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Porch Swing Stories written by R. A. Moulds and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Porch Swing Stories is a history of both a family and a community. Drawn from the reminiscences of J.T. McPherson's elderly aunts, these stories are set in Ringgold, Mississippi, a fictional town quickly fading into the past. Here are collected stories of melodrama, tragedy, romance, and even slapstick humor. Together they paint a picture of a South that never was, but should have been.

Front Porch Stories at the One Room School

Author : Eleanora E. Tate
Publisher : Sankofa Books
ISBN 13 : 9781933491103
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Front Porch Stories at the One Room School written by Eleanora E. Tate and published by Sankofa Books. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Margie Carson loves hearing stories. And her daddy loves to tell them. One hot summer night Daddy, Margie, and her seven-year-old cousin Ethel troop over to the old one-room school for round of special storytelling. Daddy tells the girls about the time Aunt Daisy was chased by a scary, eight-foot-tall shadow one Sunday night in her backyard...about the flood that nearly washed away the whole town and left a catfish on a neighbor's pillow...stories about rocks that bite and walnut wars...stories about Mary McLeod Bethune and the time Eleanor Roosevelt came to town...ten wonderful stories in all.

Sugar Among the Freaks

Author : Lewis Nordan
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1565128435
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (651 download)

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Download or read book Sugar Among the Freaks written by Lewis Nordan and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 1996-01-05 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction by Richard Howorth and foreword by the author. The incomparable Lewis Nordan's first two collections of short fiction--WELCOME TO THE ARROW-CATCHER FAIR and THE ALL-GIRL FOOTBALL TEAM--originally published in 1983 and 1986, have long been out of print in all editions. Collectors' items, these two books are now almost impossible for Nordan fans to find anywhere.To rectify that, Algonquin is delighted to announce a selection of fifteen of the best stories from the two books, newly arranged and introduced by fellow Mississippian, bookseller Richard Howorth, and with a foreword by the author. Critics have called Lewis Nordan's fiction "extraordinary" and "marvelous" and "stunning" and "scorching" and "story-telling genius." The selected stories show that genius in the making. "Characters that people the South hobble and dance across the pages of his short stories."--United Press International; "Delightfully eccentric situations and colorful language add up to a work that is even stronger than WOLF WHISTLE."--Library Journal.

The Power of the Porch

Author : Trudier Harris
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780820318578
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book The Power of the Porch written by Trudier Harris and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ways that are highly individual, says Harris, yet still within a shared oral tradition, Zora Neale Hurston, Gloria Naylor, and Randall Kenan skillfully use storytelling techniques to define their audiences, reach out and draw them in, and fill them with anticipation. Considering how such dynamics come into play in Hurston's Mules and Men, Naylor's Mama Day, and Kenan's Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Harris shows how the "power of the porch" resides in readers as well, who, in giving themselves over to a story, confer it on the writer. Against this background of give and take, anticipation and fulfillment, Harris considers Zora Neale Hurston's special challenges as a black woman writer in the thirties, and how her various roles as an anthropologist, folklorist, and novelist intermingle in her work. In Gloria Naylor's writing, Harris finds particularly satisfying themes and characters. A New York native, Naylor came to a knowledge of the South through her parents and during her stay on the Sea Islands she wrote Mama Day. A southerner by birth, Randall Kenan is particularly adept in getting his readers to accept aspects of African American culture that their rational minds might have wanted to reject. Although Kenan is set apart from Hurston and Naylor by his alliances with a new generation of writers intent upon broaching certain taboo subjects (in his case gay life in small southern towns), Kenan's Tims Creek is as rife with the otherworldly and the fantastic as Hurston's New Orleans and Naylor's Willow Springs.