Jack tales and mountain yarns : as told by Orville Hicks / transcription and text by Julia Taylor Ebel ; illustration by Sherry Jenkins Jensen ; afterword by Thomas McGowan.
| Author/creator |
Hicks, Orville |
| Other author/creator | Ebel, Julia Taylor transcriber. |
| Other author/creator | Jensen, Sherry Jenkins, illustrator. |
| Other author/creator | McGowan, Tom. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Boone, N.C. : Parkway Publishers, 2009. |
| Description | 189 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Abstract | "Orville Hicks has enthralled audiences beyond the porches of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, for more than two decades. Jack Tales and Mountain Yarns captures the voice of the master storyteller in more than twenty transcribed stories, paired with lively pencil sketches. Having grown up in a hollow, he knows the mountain setting and his clever character Jack"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 171). |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner Roberts copy Purchased from Amazon.com, 2011 |
| Genre/form | Jack tales Juvenile literature. |
| Genre/form | Tall tales Juvenile literature. |
| LCCN | 2008039559 |
| ISBN | 9781933251646 (hard cover) |
| ISBN | 1933251646 (hard cover) |
| ISBN | 9781933251653 (soft cover) |
| ISBN | 1933251654 (soft cover) |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | TRC Nonfiction | 398.2 H5296J | ✔ Available | Place Hold | |
| Joyner | NC Roberts | GR55.H53 E245 2009 | ✔ Available | Request Material |