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Author Patterson, Daniel W. (Daniel Watkins), 1928-

Title A tree accurst : Bobby McMillon and stories of Frankie Silver / Daniel W. Patterson.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, [2000]
©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 224 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-217) and index.
Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Bobby McMillon and Oral Tradition; 2. Frankie Silver Lore as Performed by Bobby McMillon; 3. The State versus Frances Silver; 4. A Story that Happened: The Legend of Frankie Silver; 5. The Ballad "Frankie Silver"; 6. A Tale of a Governor; Conclusion; Appendix A: Variants of the Frankie Silver Legend Cycle; Appendix B: Variants of the "Frankie Silver" (Laws E 13); Appendix C: Artistic Treatments of the Frankie Silver Story; Notes; Works Cited; Index.
Summary Frankie Silver was hanged for the murder of her husband. Later, people claimed that a tree growing near the cabin in which Charlie Silver had been buried was "accurst". This work uses the "accurst" tree metaphor for the grip the story of the murder has had on the imaginations of the community.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Silver, Frankie -- Legends.
Silver, Frankie.
Genre/Form Legends.
Subject McMillon, Bobby.
Silver, Frankie.
McMillon, Bobby.
McMillon, Bobby.
Tales -- North Carolina -- Mitchell County -- History and criticism.
Tales.
North Carolina -- Mitchell County.
Murder -- North Carolina -- Mitchell County -- Folklore.
Murder.
Oral tradition -- North Carolina -- Mitchell County.
Oral tradition.
Mitchell County (N.C.) -- Folklore.
Mitchell County (N.C.)
Genre/Form Folklore.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Subject Folklore.
Folklore.
Genre/Form Legends.
Other Form: Print version: Patterson, Daniel W. (Daniel Watkins). Tree accurst. Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, ©2000 (DLC) 00036385
ISBN 0807860913 (electronic book)
9780807860915 (electronic book)
0807825646 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0807848735 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780807825648 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780807848739 (paperback ; alkaline paper)