Old-Fashioned Words (What Makes Us Southerners)
Kathryn Tucker Windham begins this montage of stories with the sounds of summer and ends with a joyful Christmas memory. The mixture of tales from the mouth-watering description of good Southern food to the story of a governor more familiar with Tom Sawyer than Tom Jefferson comes together to evoke the image of a happy childhood. The title selection shows us how saying things just a little differently can make life more interesting, even when what's different is a little behind the times. Ms. Windham's ....
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In a deep Southern drawl, storyteller Windham doles out these personal memories like lemonade on a sizzling summer day. Her opinions on Yankee "conebread" and dark-colored butter beans are priceless. Sleep-inducing but peaceful, her accounts cover summer camp revival meetings, politics, and food in a delightful manner. The tape is embellished by sound effects like choir singing and children playing. Forty-one minutes is not enough; listeners will want more of Windham's storytelling. A.G.H. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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- PublisherAugust House
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0874836603
- ISBN 13 9780874836608
- BindingAudio CD
- Number of pages1
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