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Sporty Creek

de James Still ...

"Hard times during the Depression and family sacrifices are treated with honesty and humor" in this YA book by the author of River of Earth ( School Library Journal).Sporty Creek is a series of short stories set in the Kentucky hills. Narrated by a young boy (a cousin of the narrator of Still's classic novel River of Earth), the book tells the story of his family during the Great Depression. With ... Leer más

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"Hard times during the Depression and family sacrifices are treated with honesty and humor" in this YA book by the author of River of Earth ( School Library Journal).Sporty Creek is a series of short stories set in the Kentucky hills. Narrated by a young boy (a cousin of the narrator of Still's classic novel River of Earth), the book tells the story of his family during the Great Depression. With
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The Run for the Elbertas

de James Still ...

"A great storyteller . . . These vignettes of life in the southern Appalachians are an important contribution to the literature of the region." — Chattanooga TimesIn language both spare and colorful, sure in its command of Appalachian dialect and poetic in its evocation of mountain settings, James Still's stories reveal the lives of his people—lives of privation and struggle, lived with honesty as ... Leer más

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"A great storyteller . . . These vignettes of life in the southern Appalachians are an important contribution to the literature of the region." — Chattanooga TimesIn language both spare and colorful, sure in its command of Appalachian dialect and poetic in its evocation of mountain settings, James Still's stories reveal the lives of his people—lives of privation and struggle, lived with honesty as
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Fiume di terra

de James Still ...

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Visto con gli occhi di un bambino, questo è il romanzo dei monti Appalachi: uno struggente ricordo di un mondo freddo e feroce, mai privo però di speranza. Così come Steinbeck in Furore, uscito solo pochi mesi prima, Still narra le vicissitudini di una famiglia che cerca di sopravvivere coltivando la terra e lavorando nelle miniere di carbone del Kentucky orientale. E lo fa con la delicatezza di ... Leer más

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Visto con gli occhi di un bambino, questo è il romanzo dei monti Appalachi: uno struggente ricordo di un mondo freddo e feroce, mai privo però di speranza. Così come Steinbeck in Furore, uscito solo pochi mesi prima, Still narra le vicissitudini di una famiglia che cerca di sopravvivere coltivando la terra e lavorando nelle miniere di carbone del Kentucky orientale. E lo fa con la delicatezza di
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Le colline ricordano

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Completamente associato all'universo del Kentucky e spesso considerato il 'decano della letteratura degli Appalachi', nei suoi racconti Still non può essere ritenuto inferiore ad altri autori della grande tradizione della short story statunitense, come Poe, Hawthorne, Jewett, Hemingway, Welty o Cheever. Concisione strutturale, un uso del linguaggio che spesso si avvicina alla poesia, capacità di ... Leer más

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Completamente associato all'universo del Kentucky e spesso considerato il 'decano della letteratura degli Appalachi', nei suoi racconti Still non può essere ritenuto inferiore ad altri autori della grande tradizione della short story statunitense, come Poe, Hawthorne, Jewett, Hemingway, Welty o Cheever. Concisione strutturale, un uso del linguaggio che spesso si avvicina alla poesia, capacità di
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From the Mountain, From the Valley

New and Collected Poems

de James Still ...

"One of our greatest American poets. In particular he has captured the spirit and language of the Appalachian South . . . like no other." —Lee Smith, New York Times-bestselling authorJames Still first achieved national recognition in the 1930s as a poet. Although he is better known today as a writer of fiction, it is his poetry that many of his essential images, such as the "mighty river of earth, ... Leer más

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"One of our greatest American poets. In particular he has captured the spirit and language of the Appalachian South . . . like no other." —Lee Smith, New York Times-bestselling authorJames Still first achieved national recognition in the 1930s as a poet. Although he is better known today as a writer of fiction, it is his poetry that many of his essential images, such as the "mighty river of earth,
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Early Recollections and Life of Dr. James Still

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Known in the Medford area as "doctor", James Still was not a licensed physician. The title was conferred by grateful patients who welcomed his gentle remedies after the "heroic" treatment prescribed by most nineteenth-century doctors. Purging and blood-letting were common practice and medication was intended to produce violent results. Blisters, cupping, leeches, and tobacco injections were still ... Leer más

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Known in the Medford area as "doctor", James Still was not a licensed physician. The title was conferred by grateful patients who welcomed his gentle remedies after the "heroic" treatment prescribed by most nineteenth-century doctors. Purging and blood-letting were common practice and medication was intended to produce violent results. Blisters, cupping, leeches, and tobacco injections were still
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River Of Earth

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First published in 1940, James Still's masterful novel has become a classic. It is the story, seen through the eyes of a boy, of three years in the life of his family and their kin. He sees his parents pulled between the meager farm with its sense of independence and the mining camp with its uncertain promise of material prosperity. In his world privation, violence, and death are part of everyday ... Leer más

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First published in 1940, James Still's masterful novel has become a classic. It is the story, seen through the eyes of a boy, of three years in the life of his family and their kin. He sees his parents pulled between the meager farm with its sense of independence and the mining camp with its uncertain promise of material prosperity. In his world privation, violence, and death are part of everyday
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Hounds on the Mountain

Poems

de James Still ...

First published in 1937, Hounds on the Mountain evokes James Still's personal experiences of eastern Kentucky through reflective folk poems describing Appalachian mountain life from birth through death. Written during the Great Depression, the collection emphasizes a collective reliance on the earth and the primacy of nature that Still observed from the seclusion of his thirty-acre home in Knott ... Leer más

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First published in 1937, Hounds on the Mountain evokes James Still's personal experiences of eastern Kentucky through reflective folk poems describing Appalachian mountain life from birth through death. Written during the Great Depression, the collection emphasizes a collective reliance on the earth and the primacy of nature that Still observed from the seclusion of his thirty-acre home in Knott
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Rusties and Riddles and Gee-Haw Whimmy-Diddles

de James Still ...

The people of the Kentucky mountains and the southern Appalachians preserved a language alive with colorful turns of phrase and whimsical wit and for their amusement they created a rich vein of oral lore—songs, tales, and games. James Still presents a varied and entertaining collection of riddles, whimsies, and verbal pranks, gathered through his long association with the mountain people of ... Leer más

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The people of the Kentucky mountains and the southern Appalachians preserved a language alive with colorful turns of phrase and whimsical wit and for their amusement they created a rich vein of oral lore—songs, tales, and games. James Still presents a varied and entertaining collection of riddles, whimsies, and verbal pranks, gathered through his long association with the mountain people of
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On Troublesome Creek

Stories

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James Still left eastern Kentucky for Europe in 1941 after enlisting in the US Army during World War II, leaving behind a recently published, semi-autobiographical work of fiction, On Troublesome Creek. Even as he developed a broader worldview, his work continued to draw from the agrarian and regional sources of life in the Cumberland Plateau that supported the American war effort. Like the ... Leer más

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James Still left eastern Kentucky for Europe in 1941 after enlisting in the US Army during World War II, leaving behind a recently published, semi-autobiographical work of fiction, On Troublesome Creek. Even as he developed a broader worldview, his work continued to draw from the agrarian and regional sources of life in the Cumberland Plateau that supported the American war effort. Like the
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The Hills Remember

The Complete Short Stories of James Still

de James Still ...

James Still (1906–2001) remains one of the most beloved and important writers of Appalachian literature. Best known for his acclaimed novel River of Earth (1940), the Alabama native and adopted Kentuckian left an enduring legacy of novels, stories, and poems during his nearly seventy-year career. The Hills Remember: The Complete Short Stories of James Still honors the late writer by collecting all ... Leer más

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James Still (1906–2001) remains one of the most beloved and important writers of Appalachian literature. Best known for his acclaimed novel River of Earth (1940), the Alabama native and adopted Kentuckian left an enduring legacy of novels, stories, and poems during his nearly seventy-year career. The Hills Remember: The Complete Short Stories of James Still honors the late writer by collecting all
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Chinaberry

de James Still ...

Celebrated as the "Dean of Appalachian Literature," James Still has won the appreciation of audiences in Appalachia and beyond for more than seventy years. The author of the classics River of Earth (1940) and The Wolfpen Poems (1986), Still is known for his careful prose construction and for the poetry of his meticulous, rhythmic style. Upon his death, however, one manuscript remained unpublished. ... Leer más

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Celebrated as the "Dean of Appalachian Literature," James Still has won the appreciation of audiences in Appalachia and beyond for more than seventy years. The author of the classics River of Earth (1940) and The Wolfpen Poems (1986), Still is known for his careful prose construction and for the poetry of his meticulous, rhythmic style. Upon his death, however, one manuscript remained unpublished.
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