Memoirs of Grassy Creek

Growing Up in the Mountains on the Virginia-North Carolina Line

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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Born on January 5, 1907, Zetta Hamby spent much of her life in the northwestern mountains of North Carolina, keenly watching the changes in her community of Grassy Creek and in the world. Families, homes, weddings and funerals, politics, health, world war, race relations, the telephone--those are among the topics touched on in this firsthand look at rural Appalachia in the early decades of the present century. Sometimes poignant, often humorous, and surely authentic, these stories are yet another reminder of recent history that is all too quickly being lost.

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Utgivningsdatum1997-12-15
Mått152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt354 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieContributions to Southern Appalachian Studies
Antal sidor264
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786404162

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword Families Homes Weddings and Funerals Religion Schools Activities Clothing Health and Remedies Food Crops and Farm Animals The Store and the Blacksmith Roads and Automobiles Appendix: Neighboring Families, ca. 1910–1924 Index

“a particularly valuable contribution to the history of Appalachia...deftly describes and includes sketches of a number of ordinary household items that were at one time central to most rural households”—Appalachian Journal; “a must read for anyone interested in mountain history, culture or living. For those seeking a simpler, more natural lifestyle, it could almost serve as a textbook”—Ashe Mountain Times; “editors have preserved the charm of her manuscript and included her pen-and-ink illustrations of farmstead artifacts...good source material for Appalachian cultural history...well-indexed”—North Carolina Libraries.