Record #:

35139

Author(s):

Smith, O.H.

Abstract:

The story of how a town full of illiterate people gained their information in 1814, by electing the one man in town who could read as their county reader.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 1, July 1957, p9-10

Subject(s):

Literacy; Folk tales--North Carolina