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The Wolfpen Notebooks: A Record of Appalachian Life Hardcover - 1991

by James Still


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After keeping school for six years at the forks of Troublesome Creek in the Kentucky hills, James Still moved to a century-old log house between the waters of Wolfpen Creek and Dead Mare Branch, on Little Carr Creek, and became "the man in the bushes" to his curious neighbors. Still joined the life of the scattered community. He raised his own food, preserved fruits and vegetables for the winter, and kept two stands of bees for honey. A neighbor remarked of Still, "He's left a good job, and come

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Still's fiction has been praised especially for its faithfulness to the idiom of the Appalachian people. From the beginning Still jotted down expressions, customs, and happenings unique to the region.The 'sayings' represent an aspect of the Appalachian experience not previously recorded and of a time largely past. Folklorists, linguists, and all who have a love of the Appalachian region will treasure this rich gleaning

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  • Title The Wolfpen Notebooks: A Record of Appalachian Life
  • Author James Still
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  • Date 1991-07-09
  • ISBN 9780813117416 / 0813117410
  • Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.33 x 6.24 x 0.75 in (23.70 x 15.85 x 1.91 cm)
  • Themes
    • Geographic Orientation: Kentucky
  • Library of Congress subjects Appalachian Region, Southern, Still, James
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90022978
  • Dewey Decimal Code 818.520

About the author

James Still's fiction has won numerous awards, including the Marjorie Peabody Waite Award and the O. Henry Memorial Prize.

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