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Jack tales and mountain yarns : as told by Orville Hicks / transcription and text by Julia Taylor Ebel ; illustration by Sherry Jenkins Jensen ; afterword by Thomas McGowan.

Hicks, Orville. (Author). Ebel, Julia Taylor, (trc.). Jensen, Sherry Jenkins, (illustrator.). McGowan, Tom. (Added Author).

Summary:

"Orville Hicks has enthralled audiences beyond the porches of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, for more than two decades. Jack Tales and Mountain Yarns captures the voice of the master storyteller in more than twenty transcribed stories, paired with lively pencil sketches. Having grown up in a hollow, he knows the mountain setting and his clever character Jack"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781933251646
  • ISBN: 1933251646
  • ISBN: 9781933251653
  • ISBN: 1933251654
  • Physical Description: 189 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Publisher: Boone, N.C. : Parkway Publishers, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 171).
Subject:
Hicks, Orville.
Jack tales > Appalachian Mountains > Juvenile literature.
Tall tales > United States > Juvenile literature.
North Caroliniana.
Genre:
Jack tales.
Tall tales.

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  • 37 of 38 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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