Bailey louise howe (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Signed Copy . Signed by author on title page. Slightly dampstained. (folk literature, pop culture).

Zustand: New. 2005. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorFor 37 years, Louise Howe Bailey has been a newspaper columnist for the Hendersonville Times-News in Hendersonville, North Carolina, and a lecturer on local history. She is the author of Draw Up a Chair, a history of H.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Having written for almost forty years on the cultural heritage that Henderson County holds so dear, Louise Bailey has progressed elegantly from being a valued preservationist of mountain history and lore to becoming something of a local treasure herself. This special selection of essays offers the best of Bailey's work along with some new stories that together offer readers, whether 'old-timers' or newcomers to the area, a warm and informative perspective on the history and folklore of the county. We meet a delightful cast of characters whose stories--many of them told in a unique dialect and some dating back as far as the Civil War--tell of a truly independent way of life and of a fierce pride in their traditions. Silas Stepp's letters home from Confederate battlegrounds; Gran'dad Owenby's stories of logging and life in his log cabin; anecdotes from blind, old Elzie Floyd and from Clem the moonshiner; tales of granny-women and the old-time 'yarb' doctors: these are just some of the stories that bring the history of this unique county to life.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Beloved storyteller and chronicler of Henderson County heritage Louise Howe Bailey (1915, 2009) lives on through her edifying anecdotes. This new collection of Bailey's ruminations maintains her work of preserving earlier Henderson County history with its abundant assortment of characters, landmarks and natural wonders. Discover why Hendersonville was called the 'dancingest' town in America and how a troop of young rapscallions rubbed a bar of Octagon soap on the railroad tracks so trains couldn't climb from Melrose to Saluda. Bring your pickaxe up to the top of Glassy Mountain to unearth the buried treasure hidden during the Civil War, and experience the hummingbirds, katydids, Carolina wrens and bullfrogs of the North Carolina countryside as you meander through Bailey's magnetic prose.…