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Grandma's Stories, Cures, & Fixings from the Blue Ridge

Grandma's Stories, Cures, & Fixings from the Blue Ridge

Brown, Dean W.

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ISBN10: 1434300676
ISBN13: 9781434300676
Publisher: Authorhouse
Published: Jun 1 2007
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.36 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Grandma's Stories, Cures, & Fixings From The Blue Ridge is a collection of original stories that the author's Grandma told him when be was a small child. Many of the stories she told are ghostly because she knew she could hold attention with just common stories. Some of the stories were actually experienced by Grandma herself, and others have been passed down from her grandparents. A reader of any age will find them interesting and original. Grandma's Cures and Fixings is a collection of many mountain treatments that were used during Grandma's time, the early 1900's. Some of the cures and fixings are practical and some are almost dangerous, however a reader will get a laugh from reading about the home cures for common illnesses. There are recipes that will make a reader chuckle and some that are actually delicious. The book contains some original Appalachian art by the author and a collection of photographs of mountain scenes which were taken in the areas where the stories were collected. Other books by the Author Boyhood Adventures of General JEB Stuart; A Civil War Hero is a collection of stories about an upstanding general known for his courage and for leading his men in prayer on the battlefield. James Ewell Brown Stuart, or JEB, began his life in the shadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Rupert the Cross-eyed Rooster teaches its readers to accept others regardless of their disabilities. These are stories, which are taken from Brown's collections of folklore of the Blue Ridge Mountains and include lessons of tolerance, love, responsibility and friendship that the youngest to the oldest readers will appreciate. The Confederate Mouse is a story about the simple field mice of Northern Virginia and bow they helped the Southern Soldiers win the First Battle of Massass.

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