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39667
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The Conjure Woman, published in 1899 by Charles W. Chesnutt, has been the topic of much discussion, especially concerning superstition, literary trope, and a complex folkloric phenomenon.
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39441
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Creech reviews Patterson’s book on gravestones. The gravestones give brief glimpses of the dead that can be linked to anecdotes and legends recorded early by local Presbyterians, helping the author focus on individuals taking roles in crises within the community, enabling him to help the reader see them and their long-vanished world.
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39442
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Ferguson reviews the co-authored guidebook about music in eastern North Carolina, focusing on the vibrant traditions and present-day celebrations of African American music.
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36872
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A book review of Sean Burn’s biography on Archie Green, a man who lobbied for the practice of folklore and its place in American life.
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18697
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Jonathan Yardley of The Washington Post wrote this review for John Ehle's novel The Winter People in 1982. In the review, Yardley discusses the appeal of the novel and the way that Ehle conveys the culture of North Carolina.
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18764
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In this review for Wayne Caldwell's novels Cataloochee and Requiem by Fire, Chris Green examines the way in which Caldwell explores a North Carolina mountain community and how that community disbands after the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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36547
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William Ferris recorded African American blues music in Mississippi, but also ended up collecting interviews, photographs, and film. Through his research, Ferris wrote a book from the perspective of two renowned blues musicians, and explores the sacred and secular worlds of the blues. The book is divided into four sections: Blues Roots, Blues Towns and Cities, Looking Back, and Sacred and Secular Worlds.
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30902
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North Carolina’s diverse culture has inspired many distinctive guidebooks, including two new books on native writers, arts and agriculture. Book reviews are provided for “Literary Trails of the North Carolina Mountains: A Guidebook” by Georgann Eubanks, and “Homegrown/Handmade: Art Roads and Farm Trails” by John F. Blair.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 40 Issue 4, Apr 2008, p21, il
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30992
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Two new books by historian and third-generation tobacco grower, Billy Yeargin, recall North Carolina’s rich tobacco heritage through photographs, residents’ recollections and geographical research. In “North Carolina Tobacco: A History,” Yeargin explores the influence of tobacco on the state’s history, describing when communities were founded and built upon tobacco culture.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 40 Issue 9, Sept 2008, p26-27, il, por
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31072
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Over the past 450 years, an untold number of vessels vanished off the Outer Banks without any documentation or evidence. In his newly published book, “Shipwrecks of the Outer Banks - An Illustrated Guide,” Kevin Duffus provides a visual record of shipwrecks and their legacy. True stories are told about lifesaving, salvage, rumors of wreckers, and the hundreds of forgotten shipwreck victims buried in the Graveyard of the Atlantic.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 38 Issue 10, Oct 2006, p14-15, por
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35977
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Oral History, written by Lee Smith, addresses gender issues and various themes concerning the traditional folk roles of men and women in the culture and belief systems of Appalachia.
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35978
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In Oral History, Smith uses Appalachian social structure and outsider/insider conflict to inform her treatment of different male rites of passage undergone by an outsider and a local.
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35885
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By comparing multiple copies of The Wife of Bath, the author looks at its literary antecedents and other issues concerning verbal art as actually practiced, not falsely dichotomized.