SINGING FAMILY OF THE CUMBERLANDS

by Jean Ritchie ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 17, 1954

A friendly-handed welcome to the Ritchie family, of Viper, Kentucky, is offered by the author, who was the ""least one"" of 13 brothers and sisters and who has ""treasured it up"" in warmest fashion. Along with the old story ballads, love, play, fun and dancy songs, there is the mountain and home life that glows in her recollection; the stories of her parents -- and ancestors; the work of the Kentucky Mountain Settlement and schools; the ""hant"" tales; and Jean's own ""whupping"" that used up seven switches (and she never did say ""Please""). The lonesome singing and the group ""singing the moon up"", the winter evenings and the summertime twilights, the first Christmas tree and the seasonal caroling -- these are things to warm your hands on. Jean Thomas (The Traipsin' Woman) was on the outside looking in, but Jean, from the inside, will ""gyarner in"" your heart.

Pub Date: Feb. 17, 1954

ISBN: 0813101867

Page Count: -

Publisher: Oxford

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1954

Categories: NONFICTION