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The Ozarks: An American Survival of Primitive Society

The Ozarks: An American Survival of Primitive Society

Vance Randolph

The full range of Randolph’s interests—in language, in hunting and fishing, in folksongs and play parties, in moonshining—is on view in this book that made his name; forever after he was “Mr.
Unprintable Ozark Folksongs and Folklore: Roll me in your arms

Unprintable Ozark Folksongs and Folklore: Roll me in your arms

Vance Randolph

Roll Me in Your Arms, Volume I includes 180 unexpurgated songs collected by Randolph, with tunes transcribed from the original singers.
The Psychology of the Affections

The Psychology of the Affections

Vance Randolph

This is a new release of the original 1924 edition.
Regionalism and the South: Selected Papers of Rupert Vance

Regionalism and the South: Selected Papers of Rupert Vance

Rupert Bayless Vance

Selected Papers of Rupert Vance Rupert Bayless Vance John Shelton Reed, Daniel Joseph Singal. Introduction. Rupert Vance Was born in Plummerville, Arkansas, in the closing months of the nineteenth century. He died in Chapel Hill, North ...
Ozark Magic and Folklore

Ozark Magic and Folklore

Vance Randolph

Relates the superstitions, customs, traditions, and beliefs of the mountain people of the Missouri and Arkansas Ozarks.
Ozark Outdoors - Hunting and Fishing Stories of the Ozarks

Ozark Outdoors - Hunting and Fishing Stories of the Ozarks

Vance Randolph

We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Pissing in the Snow and Other Ozark Folktales

Pissing in the Snow and Other Ozark Folktales

Vance Randolph

The well-known Ozark folklorist gathers together bawdy tales, previously considered unprintable, that provide insight into the region's rich exotic narrative tradition.
Ethnomusicology: Historical and regional studies

Ethnomusicology: Historical and regional studies

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Later bibliographies, and checklists include Bruce A. Rosenberg's checklist of WPA holdings in West Virginia (1969), Vance Randolph's Ozark bibliography ( 1972), and Jennifer Post Quinn's index of the Flanders Ballad Collection at ...
Ozark Magic and Folklore

Ozark Magic and Folklore

Vance Randolph

A lady named Barnes, at Galena, Missouri, sold her cow to a doctor. Later on she said that the physician had cheated her somehow and demanded the return of the cow, but the new owner refused to give it up. This angered Mrs. Barnes, and ...
The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 14: Folklife

The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 14: Folklife

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... Cheryl Oxford, and Joseph Daniel Sobol, eds., Jack in Two Worlds: Contemporary North American Jack Tales and Their Tellers (1994); Vance Randolph, We Always Lie to Strangers: Tall Tales from the Ozarks (1951); Leonard W. Roberts, ...
Through the Fire

Through the Fire

Sharon Mignerey

Firefighters Lucia Vance and Rafael Wright work together to stop a dangerous fire at Vance Memorial Hospital, leading to an attraction that neither is prepared for. Original.
A Biography of John Randolph, of Roanoke: With a Selection ...

A Biography of John Randolph, of Roanoke: With a Selection ...

Lemuel Sawyer

The General Court, on the 15th of July, 1836, affirmed the validity of the various wills and codicils of John Randolph, through ... I, John Randolph, of Roanoke, in the county of Charlotte, do ordain this writing, written with my own hand, this 4th of ...
Edward Fitz Randolph branch lines, allied families, and ...

Edward Fitz Randolph branch lines, allied families, and ...

Oris Hugh Fitz Randolph

2094. CARROLL RANDOLPH OGDEN (2080), b. 24 Ju1y 1899 Sa1em, Harrison Co., W. Va.; m. 10 Aug. 1921 New Martinsvi11e, W. Va. MAE YOHO, b. 15 May 1900 Proctor, W. Va. dau. of Friend F. and Laura (Wayman) Yoho. Carro11, grad.
Writings on American History

Writings on American History

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... by Lewis A. Platts; The South-Eastem association, by Corliss Fitz Randolph; The Southwestern association, by James F. Shaw; The German Seventh day Baptists, by Corliss Fitz Randolph; The Rogerenes, by Corliss Fitz Randolph; Lessons ...
Certified List of Domestic and Foreign Corporations

Certified List of Domestic and Foreign Corporations

Illinois. Office of Secretary of State

J. H. Hupp, 213 W. Schiller St., Chicago. Leslie Fairfield, 32 W. Randolph St., Chicago. Herman S. Waller, 32 W. Randolph St., Chicago. Leslie Fairfield, 32 W. Randolph St., Chicago. A. F. Druley, Prairie View. W. P. O'Brien, 846 Jackson Ave ., ...
To the Islands

To the Islands

Randolph Stow

STRANGE COUNTRY A Study of Randolph Stow Anthony J. Hassall This first full -length critical study of Randolph Stow examines all his novels, poetry and stories, including The Suburbs of Hell (1984). Professor Anthony J. Hassall explores ...
Johnsongrass as a Forage in Mississippi

Johnsongrass as a Forage in Mississippi

Vance H. Watson

Vance H. Watson, Robert E. Coats, Everett Lamar Kimbrough. Value in Dairy and Beef Programs It/i,//'((C/I I \\v / Botanical Characteristicsxu, ([14 : . -' ;.. t " " Fit'-I '7 ;//. v_. Iii ' 1, ,~ . ' do, II
Summary and Analysis of Ashlee Vance's Elon Musk: Tesla, ...

Summary and Analysis of Ashlee Vance's Elon Musk: Tesla, ...

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Musk demanded to be allowed to vet the book and add his version where he did not agree. Vance refused. However, he managed to get Musk to listen to his journalistic and personal reasons for not allowing pre-approval of the book.
8 Ways to Avoid Probate

8 Ways to Avoid Probate

Mary Randolph

Randolph explains simple and effective methods to skip the probate process.
A. Philip Randolph: A Life in the Vanguard

A. Philip Randolph: A Life in the Vanguard

Andrew Edmund Kersten

Among them was A. Philip Randolph, who perhaps best embodied the hopes, ideals, and aspirations of black Americans.
Symbolization and Its Discontents

Symbolization and Its Discontents

Jeanne Randolph

A follow-up to Jeanne Randolph's influential Psychoanalysis and Synchronized Swimming.
Directory of Corporate Affiliations

Directory of Corporate Affiliations

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... Staton (Editor) Rosemary Tiller (Editor) Tricia Vance (Deputy Editor) Mike Voortieis (Editor) Karen Bell (Coord-New Venture) Elizabeth King Humphrey ( Coord-Adv Svcs) Merlon Vance (Coord-Online News) Mary MacCallum (Corp Librarian) ...
Lexis Nexis Corporate Affiliations

Lexis Nexis Corporate Affiliations

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... Staton (Editor) Rosemary Tiller (Editor) Tricia Vance (Deputy Editor) Mike Voorheis (Editor) Haren Bell (Coord-New Venture) Elizabeth King Humphrey ( Coord-Adv Svcs) Merlon Vance (Coord-Online News) Mary MacCallum (Corp Librarian) ...
Why stoics box: essays on art and society

Why stoics box: essays on art and society

Jeanne Randolph

This edited collection of writings by Canadian cultural theorist Jeanne Randolph reflects her continued immersion in contemporary visual arts.
Lesley Vance and Ricky Swallow at the Huntington

Lesley Vance and Ricky Swallow at the Huntington

Catherine Hess

This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition "Lesley Vance and Ricky Swallow at the Huntington," at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens from November 10, 2012 through March 11, 2013.
An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the ...

An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the ...

Jack E. Davis

Vance, May Mann Jennings, 84—86; Vance, “May Mann Jennings,” 10—12; Bryan Jennings to May Jennings, 2 June 1915, William S. Jennings to May Jennings, 3 June 1915, both in MMJP, box 6. 29. May Mann Jennings, “Parks and Natural ...
John Randolph of Roanoke

John Randolph of Roanoke

David Johnson

John Randolph of Roanoke tells the story of a young nation and the unique philosophy of a southern lawmaker who defended America's agrarian tradition and reveled in his own controversy.

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