Author : Richard Chase
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 20,7 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780618346905
The only people who can tell these stories better than Richard Chase are the folks in North Carolina and Virginia who told them to him. These stories have been handed down for generations and have been enjoyed by grownups and children alike.
Author : William Bernard McCarthy
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 47,97 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780807844434
The "Jack" known to all of us from "Jack and the Beanstalk" is the hero of a cycle of tales brought to this country from the British Isles. Jack in Two Worlds is a unique collection that brings together eight of these stories as transcribed from ac
Author : Orville Hicks
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,23 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781933251653
"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.
Author : Gail E. Haley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 42,33 MB
Release : 2015-03-29
Category :
ISBN : 9781511515511
Jack is the universal folk hero and adventurer. Tales of Jack's adventures are as timeless as bedrock but as fresh as dawn in the Appalachian Mountains. Whether besting ogres, outsmarting flatland card sharps, wrestling with ornery witches, or even taking on Old Man Death himself, the plainspoken hero's common sense, goodness and hill-country humor help him come out on top every time. "In a lucid, vibrant voice, Caldecott Medalist Haley recounts stories that originate in the rugged North Carolina Mountain country ... Haley's use of metaphor, hyperbole and dialect captures the playful spirit of mountain lore. Her emotive, elaborate wood engravings, as well as her afterwords about the stories, the art and language itself, enrich this boyant anthology." -Publishers Weekly Haley's "spirited retellings are salted with backwoods language ... and illustrated with wood engravings that are full of energy, comedy and magical creatures." -Kirkus Reviews
Author : Donald Davis
Publisher : august house
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 15,81 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780874835007
A collection of thirteen Jack tales from the southern Appalachian Mountains, including "The Time Jack Told a Big Tale," "The Time Jack Cured the Doctor," and "The Time Jack Stole the Cows."
Author : Donald Davis
Publisher : August House Publishers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 35,45 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
While growing up in the mountains of western North Carolina, Davis heard stories that most American children never heard--stories that came to America through Scotch-Irish immigrants about Jack, a universal figure who is found in nearly every culture by various names. Davis was a featured storyteller at SEBA last year and at ALA this summer.
Author : Richard Chase
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,74 MB
Release : 1946
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Author : Jack Townsend
Publisher : Jack Townsend
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 17,5 MB
Release :
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Nightshift clerk and high-functioning insomniac Jack is back to work, trying his best to keep out of trouble. But when his chain-smoking coworker discovers a mysterious radio signal revealing the guarded secrets of their town, Jack will learn that an annoying new dayshift manager is far from the worst of his problems. In this second installment of the Gas Station saga, Jack finds himself entangled in his most harrowing adventure yet. With the newest crew of coworkers along for the ride and the resident psychopath out for his blood, our hero(?) must navigate the drama of small-town murder conspiracies, vigilante justice, and demonic summoning rituals...whether he wants to or not.
Author : Liesl Shurtliff
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 27,21 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0385755791
Relates the tale of Jack who, after trading his mother's milk cow for magic beans, climbs a beanstalk to seek his missing father in the land of giants.
Author : Ellen Stoll Walsh
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,24 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Authorship
ISBN : 9780152003234
An author begins to write a fairy tale and finds that the main character, Jack, must be convinced to participate in the story and help rescue the princess.
