How We Talked and Common Folks - $22.50 - Slone, Verna Mae; Montgomery, Michael (FRW); Slone, Len (ILT); Farr, Sidney Saylor (FRW) - 9780813192093

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How We Talked and Common Folks
Slone, Verna Mae
Montgomery, Michael (FRW)
Slone, Len (ILT)
Farr, Sidney Saylor (FRW)
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BOOK SUMMARY
Two books that showcase the voice of a uniquely Appalachian writer at the height of her abilities.

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BOOK SYNOPSIS
Two of Verna Mae Slone's most beloved books How We Talked and Common Folks are now available in a single edition. How We Talked is a timeless piece of literature, a free-form combination of glossary and memoir, using expressions to depict everyday life in Caney Creek, Kentucky. In addition to phrases and their meanings, the book contains a section on behavior in Slone's community, a collection of children's rhymes, and other stories unique to Appalachia. More than just a dictionary of words, How We Talked tells of Slone's life and the lives of those around her, understood through their distinctive speech.

Originally published in 1979, Common Folks documents Slone's way of life in Pippa Passes, Kentucky, and expands on such diverse topics as family pets, coal mining, education, and marriage. Slone's first hand account of this unique way of life draws readers into her hill-circled community and allows them to experience an almost forgotten lifestyle. Whether she is writing on a truly Appalachian subject such as folk medicine or on a mother's yearning for the little girl she never had, her instinctive sense of rhythm in words makes Common Folks a compelling meditation on a vanishing way of life.

Published together for the first time, How We Talked and Common Folks showcase the voice of a uniquely Appalachian writer at the height of her abilities.

AUTHOR BIO
Verna Mae Slone, a native of Knott County, Kentucky, is the author of several books, including the best-selling memoir, What My Heart Wants to Tell, and the novel, Rennie's Way.

BOOK REVIEWS
"Those with an appreciation of oral history or the folkways, folk medicine, and other aspects of life in Appalachia will find in Common Folks a rich first-person account that is difficult to put down."
-Sidney Saylor Farr, author of My Appalachia: Memoir

MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0813192099
ISBN(13-digit): 9780813192093
Dewey Decimal: 976.9/165
Library of Congress: 2009007432
Book Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 322
Illustrations (B&W): 3

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