Ray Hicks: Master Storyteller of the Blue Ridge

by Robert Isbell

Book Overview

Ray Hicks, 78, the famous teller of Appalachian Jack Tales, is one of America's best-loved storytellers. In this book he shares a different kind of story, a chronicle of his family's experiences in the remote section of the North Carolina mountains where they have lived for more than 200 years.

The pioneers who settled Beech Mountain were a God-fearing people who cherished the stories, the songs, and the ways of their ancestors. For generations,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807849626
• ISBN13: 9780807849620
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"