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Few black groups in the United States carry with them the romance, the gripping history, the pathos, the indestructible spirit of the Coe Ridge colony during the ninety years of its existence.". . . a new and long needed departure in American historiography. . . . This is in every way an impressive book. It contains detailed accounts of the informants, tables of folklore motifs, genealogical charts, a prologue and epilogue explaining authoritatively the hypotheses of oral traditional history, and handsome photographs of the Coe Ridge area."--Richard M. Dorson, Journal of American History. "Lynwood Montell has written an invaluable book for all those interested in the use of oral tradition as a tool in the reconstruction of history. . . . This is a book worthy of being on any folklorist's shelf."--Richaed A. Reuss, Journal of American Folklore.
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The Saga of Coe Ridge: A Study in Oral History
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Harper & Row, 1972
ISBN 10: 0609016458
ISBN 13: 9780609016459
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Seller: Mainly Books, Silverdale, PA, U.S.A.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Large paperback, first printing of this Harper Torchbook edition, moderate rubbing to the glossy cover and no other remarkable flaws, binding is clean and tight, contents are fine, "deals with a now-vanished community of mixed blood Negroes who settled in the midst of white farmers in the Cumberland Hills of southern Kentucky after the Civil War"; 289 pages. Seller Inventory # 055637