My Curious and Jocular Heroes – Tales and Tale–Spinners from Appalachia Jones

My Curious and Jocular HeroesTales and Tale-Spinners from Appalachia\nAuthor(s): Loyal Jones\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252041136, 978-0252041136\nSynopsis\nWe were going down the road, and we came to this house. There was a little boy standing by the road just crying and crying. We stopped, and we heard the biggest racket you ever heard up in the house. \n\nWhats the matter, son? \n\nWhy, Maw and Paw are up there fightin. \n\nWho is your Paw, son? \n\nWell, thats what they are fightin over.\n\nBrimming with ballads, stories, riddles, tall tales, and great good humor, My Curious and Jocular Heroes pays homage to four people who guided and inspired Loyal Joness own study of Appalachian culture. His sharp-eyed portraits introduce a new generation to Bascom Lunsford, the pioneer behind the memory collections of song and story at Columbia University and the Library of Congress; the Sorbonn.