| Barking at a Fox-Fur Coat Contributor(s): Davis, Donald (Author) |
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ISBN: 0874831407 ISBN-13: 9780874831405 Publisher: August House Publishers OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: Donald Davis, one of America's most popular storytellers, wants us all to remeber how important it is to retell family stories. His North Carolina family is the focal point of these hilarious and heartwarming tales intended to make you happy and tell a few stories of your own. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 91027997 |
| Lexile Measure: 990 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (0.58 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Appalachians - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 68828 Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young AdultsHighly acclaimed, award winning author Donald Davis wants us all to remember and share our family stories. Among other tall tales, he writes about how his uncle hung onto the multitudinous Democratic votes of the Ratherton clan while at the very same time keeping them from shooting Davis' squirrels in a lean year; how he got Phyleete, wife Jolly, their eleven sub-natural sons and one forgettably natural daughter to move their log house from the unlikely place they'd built it; and how he tried to solve the problem of the chatty Misses Lena and Lucy Leatherwood, who clogged up the eight-party telephone line so badly that Uncle Frank paid for his new phone four months before he ever got the chance to talk on it. Davis offers seventeen vintage family stories, including "Rainy Weather," "The Southern Bells," and "Old Man Hawkins' Lucky Day." These stories from North Carolina make use of historical context with references to sharecropping and emancipation. The adventurous tricksters in these stories emphasize the importance of kindness, fairness and respect. |