| Yesterday in the Hills Contributor(s): Watkins, Floyd C. (Author), Watkins, Charles Hubert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820321931 ISBN-13: 9780820321936 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2000 Annotation: Yesterday in the Hills recalls life in North Georgia from the 1890s until World War II and records vanished and vanishing folkways of the region. Here is folklore at its best -- seen from the inside and mediated through the heart. Yesterday in the Hills is built upon the bedrock of experience and memory, but its sharply drawn characters and beautifully proportioned narrative transcend reminiscence and realistically depict hill country life as it once was. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
| Dewey: 975 |
| Series: Brown Thrasher Books |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.55" W x 8.47" (0.60 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - South - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Geographic Orientation - Georgia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Yesterday in the Hills recalls life in North Georgia from the 1890s until World War II and records vanished and vanishing folkways of the region. Here is folklore at its best--seen from the inside and mediated though the heart. Yesterday in the Hills is built upon the bedrock of experience and memory, but its sharply drawn characters and beautifully proportioned narrative transcend reminiscence and realistically depict hill country life as it once was. |
Contributor Bio(s): Watkins, Charles Hubert: - CHARLES HUBERT WATKINS farmed and taught school in Ball Ground, Georgia, and also served as its mayor.Watkins, Floyd C.: - FLOYD WATKINS, author and editor of a several books and articles, is a professor emeritus of English at Emory University. |