| Things You Need to Hear: Collected Memories of Growing Up in Arkansas, 1890-1980 Contributor(s): Bolsterli, Margaret Jones (Author) |
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ISBN: 1557289786 ISBN-13: 9781557289780 Publisher: University of Arkansas Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Social Science | Children's Studies - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 976.7 |
| LCCN: 2011044831 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.97 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Geographic Orientation - Arkansas - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Things You Need to Hear gathers memories of Arkansans from all over the state with widely different backgrounds. In their own words, these people tell of the things they did growing up in the early twentieth century to get an education, what they ate, how they managed to get by during difficult times, how they amused themselves and earned a living, and much more. Some of Margaret Bolsterli's "informants," as she calls them, are famous (Johnny Cash, Maya Angelou, Levon Helm, Joycelyn Elders), but many more are not. Their vivid personal stories have been taken from published works and from original interviews conducted by Bolsterli. All together, these tales preserve memories of ways of life that are compelling, entertaining, and certainly well worth remembering. |