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“You recall the expression ‘toting the lead row’, don’t you? In chopping cotton or corn there is always a leader, one who can chop the fastest of them all. When he finishes his row, he goes back and helps the other choppers finish theirs. The one who totes the lead row takes the lead place in the next row.”—Ruby Pickens Tartt
As a young woman growing up in Livingston in the Black Belt region of Alabama, Ruby Pickens Tartt developed a keen interest in the stories, songs, and folklore of rural blacks. Born in 1880, this remarkable woman lived through 94 years of dramatic change for blacks and whites alike.
She was certain that the very essence of her native Sumter County lay on the back roads, in the cabins hidden nearby, and with the black people who lived there. Their singing and their stories captivated her; the preservation of their heritage became life-long commitment.
In her collection work, including service with the WPA Writers’ Project, Ruby Pickens Tartt worked with and assisted other collectors of folklore, notably Carl Carmer and John Lomax; indeed, her Livingston home became a mecca for folklorists and writers. In helping them all, truly Mrs. Tartt was “toting the lead row”.
Toting the Lead Row is divided into two major parts. The first is biographical and told in detail is her work during the Depression with the Federal Writers’ Project, collecting folk songs and life histories and gathering folklore. The second part contains selecting writings of Ruby Pickens Tartt: 18 life histories and stories and 12 slave narratives.
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Toting the Lead Row: Ruby Pickens Tartt, Alabama Folklorist
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Toting the Lead Row: Ruby Pickens Tartt, Alabama Folklorist
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Toting the Lead Row: Ruby Pickens Tartt, Alabama Folklorist
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Publisher's original light orange cloth with black spine lettering, octavo, pp. xi, 180. Black and white illustrations; map of Sumter County showing where Ruby Pickens Tartt found singers and storytellers; slave narratives. Seller Inventory # 23009
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TOTING THE LEAD ROW; RUBY PICKENS TARTT, ALABAMA FOLKLORIST.
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First edition (not stated per publisher's contemporary practice). xii, 180 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16cm. Yellow dust jacket rubbed and foxed; some scuffs at edges. Light orange cloth with black stamping to spine. Text block edges foxed with some leaves slightly affected at margins; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding retains some crispness. {AL-Shelf#2} ISBN 0817300740. Seller Inventory # Z626X-9981
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Toting The Lead Row: Ruby Pickens Tartt, Alabama Folklorist
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ISBN 10: 0817300740
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. [Tuscaloosa, AL]: The University of Alabama Press, 1981. First edition. Octavo (24cm). Unclipped pictorial dust jacket. Yellow publisher's binding. 180 pp. Dust jacket has some rubbing and edge wear. Brown mark on lower left corner of front DJ panel, with mark also visible on front board. DJ verso foxed. Corners square. Edges of text block foxed. Pages clean and unmarked. No tears. Binding sound. Overall, book is in very good condition with like jacket. Ruby Pickens Tartt gathered stories and folksongs from former slaves during the Great Depression as part of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project. Her work, in partnership with others, makes up much of the Library of Congress' Archive of American Folk Songs. Seller Inventory # 46603
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Toting the Lead Row: Ruby Pickens Tartt, Alabama Folklorist
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Octavo. 180pp. Quarto. 60pp. Yellow cloth stamped in black. Fine in just about fine dustwrapper with a touch of soiling and a very short tear. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. Story of an important white folklorist. Seller Inventory # 419614
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TOTING THE LEAD ROW; RUBY PICKENS TARTT, ALABAMA FOLKLORIST.
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University, AL [Tuscaloosa, AL]: The University of Alabama Press, 1981., 1981
ISBN 10: 0817300740
ISBN 13: 9780817300746
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First edition (not stated per publisher's contemporary practice) SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS. xii, 180 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16cm. Yellow dust jacket lightly rubbed and soiled; sunning to spine and panels; front flap's top corner is clipped. Light orange cloth with black stamping to spine. Both authors' ink signatures "Virginia Pounds Brown" and "Laurella Owens" at center of front free endpaper; interior leaves are otherwise bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. {AL-Shelf#1} ISBN 0817300740. Seller Inventory # Z626X-9302