| Listening for the Crack of Dawn Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Davis, Donald (Author) |
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ISBN: 0874836050 ISBN-13: 9780874836059 Publisher: August House Publishers OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: After ten years as a cult favorite, the award-winning stories of Donald Davis -- first collected in book form a decade ago -- are reason for celebration with every new reader Audiences at storytelling festivals worldwide are passionate about Donald Davis and his deceptively soft-edged Appalachian stories. Developed in oral performance, Davis' stories resonate in the experiences of his listeners and readers. The fourteen stories in this, his signature title, are so convincingly private as to be universal. The laughter, silent tears, and thunderous applause these stories elicit in live performance -- and the many repeat-buyers who give the book to friend after friend -- prompted us to commemorate them in this anniversary edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 1060 |
| Series: American Storytelling (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.54" W x 8.43" (0.65 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - Appalachians - Cultural Region - South |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 6450 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 12.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice AwardThe hills and hamlets of western North Carolina in the 1950's provide the setting for this nostalgic tour de force by Donald Davis, who has appeared in live performance at the World's Fair, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Storytelling Festival, and on National Public Radio. He relates his youth in a cycle of growing-up stories, beginning before he enters school and culminating with the loss of friends to the Vietnam War. The characters are memorable: Miss Daisy--one of the six Boring sisters, teachers every one; Daff-Knee Garlic, owner of the Sulpher Springs Big-Screen Drive-In Theater; and Aunt Laura, who knows to listen for the crack of dawn. Developed in oral performance, Davis's stories resonate in the experiences of his listeners and readers. These stories will teach readers the importance of caring, fairness and respect. |