Uncle Bud Long :: the birth of a Kentucky folk legend /

According to the scant historical records available, Uncle Bud Long, his daughter Janey, and her son Frankie lived near Clark's Landing, Kentucky, for about twenty years early in this century. Mr. Clarke has collected the tales of the Longs' strange ways from old-time residents of the comm...

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1. Verfasser: Clarke, Kenneth W. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [1973]
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Zusammenfassung:According to the scant historical records available, Uncle Bud Long, his daughter Janey, and her son Frankie lived near Clark's Landing, Kentucky, for about twenty years early in this century. Mr. Clarke has collected the tales of the Longs' strange ways from old-time residents of the community, both those who knew the Longs and those who inherited the stories by word of mouth. Here he skillfully weaves them into a loose narrative and, in addition, analyzes the ways in which the anecdotes have been transmuted in the process of retelling. This analysis of the stories of Uncle Bud reveals much ab.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780813162430
0813162432
0813194474
9780813194479