Author : William M. Clements
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 19,81 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Arkansas
ISBN : 9781610750332
Arkansas's rich folklore tradition is treated in this collection of eight essays covering the history of folklore research in the state, traditional songs and music, "tall tales," folk architecture, traditional foods and their preparation, superstitions and beliefs, and festivals and celebrations. Includes extensive bibliographies of reference works, and audio and video recordings.
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Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 46,67 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610750264
Author : Richard M. Dorson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 33,29 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0226158713
Describes the characteristics of folk cultures and discusses the procedures used by social scientists to study folklife.
Author : Vance Randolph
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 16,77 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Author : Mark Spitzer
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,77 MB
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1557289298
Season of the Gar is a fang-infested, monster-headed, armor-plated romp through the prehistoric swamps and murky rivers of America’s most feared and demonized fish. Follow Mark Spitzer on his lengthy and often frustrating quest from Texas and Louisiana, Missouri, and Arkansas to catch his own gar. Read about his sometimes bizarre angling adventures in search of this air-breathing freshwater giant (up to ten feet in length and well over three hundred pounds) as he separates fact from fiction. Spitzer draws on folklore, science, history, his own pet gar, and even gar recipes to tell this unique and exciting literary eco-tale about a fish that has inspired imaginations for centuries, a fish many have hated, a fish many have thrown on the shore to die.
Author : T. Harri Baker
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,3 MB
Release : 2002-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781557287236
ADOPTED BY THE STATE OF ARKANSAS FOR 2003. Once again, the State of Arkansas has adopted An Arkansas History for Young People as an official textbook for junior-high-school-Arkansas-history classes. This third edition incorporates the fruits of new research and of extensive consultations with teachers, curriculum supervisors, and students themselves. It includes many new features while preserving popular and useful aspects of previous editions. This edition has an entirely new format, clear and friendly to the student reader. The text has been re-set in double-column pages, with wider margins and more white space setting off text and illustrations. A preview section at the beginning of each chapter (What to Look For) and study questions at the end now guide students' reading. Vocabulary words appear in boldface in the text and then are listed with definitions at the end of each chapter. The updated text incorporates new material on the Clinton presidency, the Huckabee governorship, term limits, the 2000 census, demographic changes, recent scholarship on Arkansas history, updated terminology, and corrections of factual errors. Sidebars still highlight special material, and the many illustrations appear in full color and in black and white.
Author : James Riley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,60 MB
Release : 2022-09-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1534425926
The second book in a new trilogy of twisted fairy tales from New York Times bestselling author James Riley, set in the world of his popular Half Upon a Time series, that’s perfect for fans of Fablehaven and Chris Colfer’s A Tale of Magic series! Lena might finally be accepted by the other giants after helping to defeat the Golden King and his faceless army in the Cursed City, but that doesn’t mean life has become any easier for her. The power-hungry Golden King wants revenge and has begun spreading shadow magic out over the kingdoms, taking over the minds of anyone it touches, and instilling fear and hatred as it goes. The fairy queens, the most magical beings in the kingdoms, say their sacred book, Tales of All Things, claims that there is one person who can defeat the Golden King and his dark spells: Lena. But only if she first proves herself worthy by completing three challenges. All Lena ever wanted was to prove she is really a giant. Now she has to be so much more. Can she and her genie friend, Jin, save the human world that doesn’t trust them, or will they fall prey to shadow magic, and doom everything?
Author : Carole Marsh
Publisher : Gallopade International
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 42,93 MB
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780635063267
The Big Arkansas Activity Book! 100+ activities, from Kindergarten-easy to Fourth/Fifth-challenging! This big activity book has a wide range of reproducible activities including coloring, dot-to-dot, mazes, matching. word search, and many other creative activities that will entice any student to learn more about North Carolina. Activities touch on history, geography, people, places, fictional characters, animals, holidays, festivals, legends, lore, and more.
Author : Linda Williams Palmer
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 49,62 MB
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 1682260127
In Champion Trees of Arkansas, Linda Williams Palmer explores the state’s largest trees of their species, registered with the Arkansas Forestry Commission as “champions.” Through her beautiful colored-pencil drawings, each magnificent tree is interpreted through the lens of season, location, history, and human connection. Readers will get to know the cherrybark oak, rendered in fall colors, an avatar for the passing of seasons. The sugar maple, with its bare limbs and weather-beaten trunk, stands sentry over the headstones in a confederate cemetery. The 350-year-old white oak was once dubbed the Council Oak by Native Americans, and the post oak, cared for by generations of the same family, has its own story to tell. Palmer travelled from Delta swamps to Ozark and Ouachita mountain ridges over a seven-year period to see and document the champions and to talk with property owners and others willing to share the stories of how these trees are beloved and protected by the community, and often entwined with its history. Champion Trees of Arkansas is sure to inspire art and nature lovers everywhere.
Author : John Brandon
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 10,48 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802144362
Kyle and Swin spend their nights crisscrossing the South with illicit goods, making shifty deals in dingy trailers, and taking vague orders from a boss they've never met. Soon their lazy peace is shattered with a shot: night blends into day filled with dead bodies, crooked superiors, and suspicious associates. It's on-the-job training, with no time for slow learning, bad judgment, or foul luck.
