Jack tales and mountain yarns : as told by Orville Hicks

cover image

Where to find it

Information & Library Science Library — Juvenile

Call Number
J Hicks
Status
Available

North Carolina Collection (Wilson Library)

Call Number
C398 H631j
Status
In-Library Use Only
Call Number
C398 H631j c. 2
Status
Available

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.

Contents

A heritage of stories -- Growing up stories, riddles, and songs. Gathering herbs and stories ; Squirrel hunting ; Old Joe Clark ; Mule eggs ; Grandpa and the hand glider ; Ashcakes and corn flitters ; The hardest whipping ; The potato on the stick ; Sourwood Mountain ; Broom straws and sweethearts ; Lazy John -- Jack tales. Orville on Jack ; Jack and the robbers ; Jack and the varmints ; Big Jack and Little Jack ; Jack and the Devil ; The cat and the mouse ; Sheepskin ; Jack and the king's mountain -- Other traditional tales. Soap, soap, soap ; The bear, the boy, and the baking soda ; The man on the moon ; Gallymander ; Catskin -- A folktale in the making. Little boy of the Blue Ridge -- Stories behind Orville's stories -- Orville and the little people -- Orville Hicks and Jack tales and mountain yarns : a scholar's (and friend's) afterword / by Thomas McGowan -- In Orville's words -- For futher thought -- Orville in books and recordings -- What people say about Orville.

Other details