The well-known Ozark folklorist gathers together bawdy tales, previously considered unprintable, that provide insight into the region's rich exotic narrative tradition.
The well-known Ozark folklorist gathers together bawdy tales, previously considered unprintable, that provide insight into the region's rich exotic na...
John Caldwell Guilds Ellen Gilchrist Vance Randolph
From the expeditions of de Soto in the sixteenth century to the celebrated work of such contemporary writers as Maya Angelou, Ellen Gilchrist, and Miller Williams, Arkansas has enjoyed a rich history of letters. These two volumes gather the best work from Arkansas's rich literary history celebrating the variety of its voices and the national treasure those voices have become.
From the expeditions of de Soto in the sixteenth century to the celebrated work of such contemporary writers as Maya Angelou, Ellen Gilchrist, and Mil...
John Caldwell Guilds Ellen Gilchrist Vance Randolph
From the expeditions of de Soto in the sixteenth century to the celebrated work of such contemporary poets and prose writers as Maya Angelou and Ellen Gilchrist, Arkansas has enjoyed a rich history of letters. These voices have been, and still are, as various as the state's geography -- the Delta, the Arkansas River Valley, the Ouachita Mountains, and the Ozark Plateau. Available in two volumes, this anthology of writers from various genres -- journals, travel writing, biography, history, poetry, fiction -- reflects the state's unity as well as its sometimes extreme cultural, political, and...
From the expeditions of de Soto in the sixteenth century to the celebrated work of such contemporary poets and prose writers as Maya Angelou and Ellen...
The Ozarks', also referred to as the Ozark Mountains, Ozarks Mountain Country, and the Ozark Plateau, are a physiographic and geologic highland region of the central United States. They cover much of the southern half of Missouri and an extensive portion of north-western and north central Arkansas. This vintage book contains a detailed guide to hunting and fishing in this region, and offers its readers interesting information on location and practical information, hints, and tips on outdoor pursuits in this area. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and...
The Ozarks', also referred to as the Ozark Mountains, Ozarks Mountain Country, and the Ozark Plateau, are a physiographic and geologic highland region...
"A fitting climax to many years of fruitful labor by a man who probably knows more about the Ozarkians than anybody else. . . . Randolph] has perceived and admirably expressed the close connection between a people and the language they speak." American Speech Until World War II the backwoodsmen living in the Ozark Mountains of southern Missouri, northern Arkansas, and eastern Oklahoma were the most deliberately "unprogressive" people in the United States. The descendants of pioneers from the southern Appalachians, they changed their way of life very little during the whole span of the...
"A fitting climax to many years of fruitful labor by a man who probably knows more about the Ozarkians than anybody else. . . . Randolph] has perceiv...
Vance Randolph was perfectly constituted for his role as the chronicler of Ozark folkways. As a self-described hack writer, he was as much a figure of the margins as his chosen subjects, even as his essentially romantic identification with the region he first visited as the vacationing child of mainstream parents was encouraged by editors and tempered by his scientific training. In The Ozarks, originally published in 1931, we have Randolph s first book-length portrait of the people he would spend the next half-century studying. The full range of Randolph s interests in language, in...
Vance Randolph was perfectly constituted for his role as the chronicler of Ozark folkways. As a self-described hack writer, he was as much a figure of...
