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Author: John Parris Publisher: ISBN: 9780997506914 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 272
Book Description
Retrace Western North Carolina's cultural and natural history with one of its most beloved storytellers and folklorists, John Parris. This second collection of Parris' work has been repackaged with an updated cover and is back in print for the first time in decades, and includes the complete original text and illustrations. For nearly four decades, John Parris' brief yet illuminating non-fiction essays comprised his popular Asheville-Citizen-Times column, "Roaming the Mountains." When Parris' columns were first published as books in 1955, they became instant regional classics. Parris writes with the crispness of Hemingway and the grace of Thomas Wolfe. Indeed, he was a war correspondent like Hemingway and a decorated hero for his work with the Belgian underground during World War II. But the enduring legacy of John Parris is his work to document the culture and lives of Appalachian people. He was the last writer to capture many of the first person accounts recorded in this book. With every word, Parris links past to present in loving tribute to his Western North Carolina home, its mountains, and its people.
Author: John Parris Publisher: ISBN: 9780997506914 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 272
Book Description
Retrace Western North Carolina's cultural and natural history with one of its most beloved storytellers and folklorists, John Parris. This second collection of Parris' work has been repackaged with an updated cover and is back in print for the first time in decades, and includes the complete original text and illustrations. For nearly four decades, John Parris' brief yet illuminating non-fiction essays comprised his popular Asheville-Citizen-Times column, "Roaming the Mountains." When Parris' columns were first published as books in 1955, they became instant regional classics. Parris writes with the crispness of Hemingway and the grace of Thomas Wolfe. Indeed, he was a war correspondent like Hemingway and a decorated hero for his work with the Belgian underground during World War II. But the enduring legacy of John Parris is his work to document the culture and lives of Appalachian people. He was the last writer to capture many of the first person accounts recorded in this book. With every word, Parris links past to present in loving tribute to his Western North Carolina home, its mountains, and its people.
Author: Walter Bonatti Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc. ISBN: 037575640X Category : Mountaineering Languages : en Pages : 496
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The legendary mountaineer describes his adventures in such ranges as the Alps and Himalayas, and provides details of what really happened during a controversial 1954 Italian expedition that made the first ascent of K2.
Author: Jean Craighead George Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0593115007 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 213
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"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."—The New York Times Book Review Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever. “An extraordinary book . . . It will be read year after year.” —The Horn Book
Author: Cynthia Rylant Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0140548750 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 33
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Caldecott Honor Book! "An evocative remembrance of the simple pleasures in country living; splashing in the swimming hole, taking baths in the kitchen, sharing family times, each is eloquently portrayed here in both the misty-hued scenes and in the poetic text." -Association for Childhood Education International
Author: Reyna Grande Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0743269586 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 272
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Grande puts a human face on the epic story about those who make it across the border into America, those who never make it across, and those who are left behind.
Author: ILICE JACKSON Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0359929427 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 80
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In a matter of seconds life�s challenges, �mountains� can destroy the faith that has taken you years to build. We can�t escape hardships in life, BUT what we speak out of our mouths during those moments determine how long we stay there. There is a time and a season for everything including your mountains! Once you realize those seasons have lasted too long, you must start to speak the opposite of what you were saying over your life, your dreams and purpose. �How I Spoke to my Mountains� is my personal gift to you! I�m sharing some of my most personal moments of defeat and triumph over the mountains that have claimed the faith of so many! These declarations are ones that have helped me to successfully speak to mountains and proclaim VICTORY. Feel like you�ve lost ALL HOPE? NEED TO BODLY SPEAK TO YOUR MOUNTAINS? This book is dedicated to YOU!
Author: John Parris Publisher: ISBN: 9780997506907 Category : Mountain people Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
Retrace Western North Carolina's cultural and natural history with one of its most beloved storytellers and folklorists, John Parris. Repackaged with an updated cover and back in print for the first time in decades, the Two Hoots Press Heritage Edition includes the complete original text and illustrations of this southern classic. For almost four decades, John Parris' brief yet illuminating non-fiction essays comprised his popular Asheville-Citizen-Times column, "Roaming the Mountains." When a selection of Parris' columns were first published as this book in 1955, it was an instant regional classic. Parris writes with the crispness of Hemingway and the grace of Thomas Wolfe. Indeed, he was a war correspondent like Hemingway and a decorated hero for his work with the Belgian underground during World War II. But the enduring legacy of John Parris is his work to document the culture and lives of Appalachian people. He was the last writer to capture many of the first person accounts recorded in this book. With every word, Parris links past to present in loving tribute to his Western North Carolina home, its mountains, and its people.
Author: Thelma Hatch Wyss Publisher: Shadow Mountain ISBN: 9780877479208 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 150
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A twelve-year-old collier leaves England in 1856 with his mother and brother and travels by chartered ship across the Atlantic and by train and handcart across America to the Promised Land of the Mormons.
Author: John Parris
Author: John Parris
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Author: Reyna Grande
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Author: Thelma Hatch Wyss
Author: John Parris