The Jack Tales: Told by R.M. Ward and His Kindred in the Beech Mountain Section of Western North Carolina and by Other Descendants of Council Harmon (1803-1896) Elsewhere in the Southern Mountains; with Three Tales F
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1943
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A collection of folk tales from the southern Appalachians that center on a single character, the irrepressible Jack.
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- Title
- The Jack Tales: Told by R.M. Ward and His Kindred in the Beech Mountain Section of Western North Carolina and by Other Descendants of Council Harmon (1803-1896) Elsewhere in the Southern Mountains; with Three Tales F
- Author
- Chase
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Publication year
- 1943
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0395066948
- ISBN 13
- 9780395066942
- Illustrator
- Berkeley Williams, Jr.
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Noted American folklorist Richard Chase (19041988) has been called the man most responsible for the renaissance of Appalachian storytelling. A collector of tales that had been handed down from generation to generation in the Appalachian regions of the United States, Chase was born in Alabama and lived in the mountains of North Carolina.
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