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0813119154
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0813157447
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9780813119151
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9780813157443
Inhalt:
""You see, some folks has albums to put folks' pictures in to remember them by, and some folks has a book and lorites down the things that happen every day so they won't forget them; but, honey, these quilts is my albums and my diaries.""Aunt Jane is a fictional character well known for her gentle folk wisdom and her vivid descriptions of a picturesque and almost vanished way of life in the rural South of the last century. Her words recall lavish Sunday dinners, courtships, quilting bees, church meetings, and county fair competitions. Yet Aunt Jane of Kentucky is more than a collection of rem
Inhalt:
Well known for her gentle folk wisdom, the elderly fictional Aunt Jane vividly describes a picturesque and almost vanished way of life in the rural South of the last century. Her words recall lavish Sunday dinners, courtships, quilting bees, church meetings, and county fair competitions. Yet Aunt Jane of Kentucky is more than a collection of reminiscences about the region of Western Kentucky where Eliza Caroline Obenchain (who published under the name Eliza Calvert Hall) was born and raised. A dedicated suffragist, Obenchain worked to win rights for women in the areas of property ownership and divorce. Now modern readers can become acquainted with the strong women of these tales
Inhalt:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; FOREWORD; I. SALLY ANN'S EXPERIENCE; II. THE NEW ORGAN; III. AUNT JANE'S ALBUM; IV. ""SWEET DAY OF REST""; V. MILLY BAKER'S BOY; VI. THE BAPTIZING AT KITTLE CREEK; VII. How SAM AMOS RODE IN THE TOURNAMENT; VIII. MARY ANDREWS' DINNER-PARTY; IX. THE GARDENS OF MEMORY
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English
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hall, Eliza Calvert Aunt Jane Of Kentucky Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 ISBN 9780813119151
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