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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
A distinguished scholar and writer who, in the words of H. L. Mencken, -put the study of American English on its legs,- Louise Pound (1872-1958) was always intensely interested in the folklore of her home state. Nebraska Folklore, first published in 1959, collects her best work in that rich vein.
Publisher
Anchor Press/Doubleday
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
In 1966, in the Appalachian Mountains of Northeast Georgia, a teacher and his students founded a quarterly magazine that they named Foxfire, after a phosphorescent lichen. In 1972, several articles from the magazine were published in book form and the acclaimed Foxfire series was born. Some thirty years later, the books continue to teach a philosophy of simplicity in living that is truly enduring in its appeal. Much more than "how to" books, the Foxfire...
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