South from Hell-Fer-Sartin-Pa

South from Hell-fer-Sartin, a short creek flowing into the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River, lies one of the of the most isolated regions in Kentucky. There, on the north slope of the Pine Mountain range in Leslie and Perry counties-probably the last stronghold of white, English-language folk tales in North America-Leonard W. Roberts recorded this rich collection more than three decades ago. To a people who, at that time, watched dancing hearth fires more often than television, the adventures

Author: Leonard W. Roberts
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 08/04/1988
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.03w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780813101750

About the Author

Prominent folklorist and professor Leonard W. Roberts (1912-1983), a native of Eastern Kentucky, began collecting these tales while teaching at Berea Foundation High School. He later taught at Union College, Barbourville, and was for many years head of the English department at Morehead State University.

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