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Alex Stewart

- Portrait of a Pioneer
Af: John Rice Irwin Engelsk Paperback

Alex Stewart

- Portrait of a Pioneer
Af: John Rice Irwin Engelsk Paperback
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Alex Stewart was a recipient of a National Heritage Fellowship Award in 1983 by the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington which recognized him as a living national treasure. Over a twenty year period of friendship the author developed a profound respect and great love for Alex Stewart, a truly remarkable Tennessee mountain character whose life epitomizes the pioneer development in America. The best of hundreds of hours of recorded conversations with Stewart are compiled into a moving portrait of this cooper, father of 13, farmer, logger, railroad man, and do-it-yourself interpreter of his rugged homeland. Because the ways Stewart tells his own stories are as important as the stories themselves, he is allowed to do most of the "talking" throughout the book. Through his own account of the people around him, Alex describes his rural life in the late 19th and 20th centuries through stories such as when he was bit by a rabid dog, when neighbor children begged for food, or how people gathered honey, made marbles, moonshine or furniture. Throughout his 94 years, Alex, who died in 1985, depended upon his own good sense to direct him and it led him through a rich and fascinating life. This book is a genuine labor of love.
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Alex Stewart was a recipient of a National Heritage Fellowship Award in 1983 by the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington which recognized him as a living national treasure. Over a twenty year period of friendship the author developed a profound respect and great love for Alex Stewart, a truly remarkable Tennessee mountain character whose life epitomizes the pioneer development in America. The best of hundreds of hours of recorded conversations with Stewart are compiled into a moving portrait of this cooper, father of 13, farmer, logger, railroad man, and do-it-yourself interpreter of his rugged homeland. Because the ways Stewart tells his own stories are as important as the stories themselves, he is allowed to do most of the "talking" throughout the book. Through his own account of the people around him, Alex describes his rural life in the late 19th and 20th centuries through stories such as when he was bit by a rabid dog, when neighbor children begged for food, or how people gathered honey, made marbles, moonshine or furniture. Throughout his 94 years, Alex, who died in 1985, depended upon his own good sense to direct him and it led him through a rich and fascinating life. This book is a genuine labor of love.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 298
ISBN-13: 9780887400537
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0887400531
Kategori: Folk
Udg. Dato: 6 jan 1997
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 167mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Oplagsdato: 6 jan 1997
Forfatter(e): John Rice Irwin
Forfatter(e) John Rice Irwin

Kategori Folk

ISBN-13 9780887400537

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 298

Udgave

Længde 18mm

Bredde 167mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 6 jan 1997

Oplagsdato 6 jan 1997

Forlag Schiffer Publishing Ltd

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