The Jack Tales : Told by R. M. Ward & His Kindred in the Beech Mtn Section of West No Carolina + Other Descendents of COUNCIL HARMON

by Chase, Richard - Ed.; Williams, Berkeley, Jr. - Illus.; Halpert, Herbert - Appendix

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New York: Houghton Mifflin Company - Sandpiper Books. New 1993. Softcover. Marfree, fresher acidfree illus 50th Ann Ed. ; not marked-in, clearance or discard. Usually mails within 12 hours. ; 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches; 201 pages; Review "Humor, freshness, colorful American background, and the use of one character as a central figure in the cycle mark these eighteen folktales, told here in the dialect of the mountain country of North Carolina. " Childhood memories that stand the test of time, July 8, 1999 Reviewer: Elizabeth Kerner (United Kingdom) -#My mother, who was from North Carolina with relatives in the Appalachians , read The Jack Tales to my brother and me before we started reading for ourselves. She got really tired of doing so, because we'd ask for them over and over. Fairy tales are the deep learning of childhood, and to hear these stories written the same way our older relatives spoke was wondrous. The stories themselves are a celebration of Jack the hero and Jack the Trickster, told with plenty of humour to keep things interesting and in a voice both authentically American and of universal appeal. I'm delighted to be able to get my hands on a copy - this is a book well worth reading and preserving for the next generation of avid readers. .