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1 online resource : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface: Creeker-And Then Some; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Opening Act; Individual Heritage Chart of Eliphus Jay Preston; Individual Heritage Chart of Grace Mollette; 1. The Overture; 2. The Early Verses; 3. Life's Background Ballads; 4. Grace's Background Ballads; 5. Mining Camp Melodies; 6. The Family Chorus; 7. Two-Mile Tunes; 8. Songs of Life; 9. Songs of Grace; 10. Songs of Sister, Sister; 11. Tears, Tombs, and Reunion Tunes; Afterword: In a Different Voice. |
Summary |
On a muggy, late August afternoon in 1936, somewhere along the banks of Greasy Creek, Life found Grace -- walking the dusty mile between work and home in a brand new pair of leather kitten-heeled pumps, blond curls bouncing in the sun. Two weeks later, Lifie Jay Preston and Grace Mollette married, a union that lasted until their deaths fifty-eight years later. There was something about them, their daughter Linda would discover, a kind of radiance and love of living that would mark them in the memories of every person they encountered -- a song that resonates years after their passing. Songs of. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Preston, Lifie Jay, 1917-1994.
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Preston, Lifie Jay, 1917-1994. |
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Preston, Grace, 1915-1994.
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Preston, Grace, 1915-1994. |
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DeRosier, Linda Scott, 1941-
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DeRosier, Linda Scott, 1941- |
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Appalachians (People) -- Kentucky -- Social life and customs.
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Appalachians (People) |
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Kentucky. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Kentucky -- Biography.
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Appalachian Region, Southern -- Biography.
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Southern Appalachian Region. |
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Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs.
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Other Form: |
Print version: DeRosier, Linda Scott. Songs of Life and Grace : A Memoir. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2008 9780813191973 |
ISBN |
9780813159898 electronic book |
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081315989X electronic book |
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