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Singing Family of the Cumberlands
Jean Ritchie
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Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, illustrations, music. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 364.
The "singing family" of which Jean Ritchie writes is that of her parents, Balis and Abigail Ritchie, and their fourteen children, all born and reared in Viper, Kentucky, deep in the Cumberland Mountains. Jean, the youngest of the clan, grew up to be a world renowned folksinger. But she was hardly unique in the family. All the Ritchies sang -- when they worked, when they prayed, when they rejoiced, even when tragedy struck.
Singing Family of the Cumberlands is both an appealing account of family life and a treasury of American folklore and folksong. In the deceptively simple but ... Read more
The "singing family" of which Jean Ritchie writes is that of her parents, Balis and Abigail Ritchie, and their fourteen children, all born and reared in Viper, Kentucky, deep in the Cumberland Mountains. Jean, the youngest of the clan, grew up to be a world renowned folksinger. But she was hardly unique in the family. All the Ritchies sang -- when they worked, when they prayed, when they rejoiced, even when tragedy struck.
Singing Family of the Cumberlands is both an appealing account of family life and a treasury of American folklore and folksong. In the deceptively simple but ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813101866
SKU
V9780813101866
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