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Sut Lovingood: Yarns Spun

Sut Lovingood: Yarns Spun

Harris, George Washington

Hardcover

Political Biographies20th Century United States HistoryFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1169272126
ISBN13: 9781169272125
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 166
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.44 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Sut Lovingood: Yarns Spun by Harris, George Washington is a collection of humorous short stories written by George Washington Harris. The stories are narrated by Sut Lovingood, a fictional character who is a mischievous and colorful storyteller from Tennessee. Through his tales, Sut Lovingood shares his adventures and misadventures, often involving his encounters with various characters such as witches, ghosts, and animals. The stories are written in a Southern dialect and offer a glimpse into the life and culture of the rural South in the mid-19th century. The book was first published in 1867 and has since become a classic of Southern literature.I wer wonderin my levil bes', keepin a skin'd eye an' a open year fur trubbil ur a skeer, whan I hearn a tarin big fuss on tuther side, squawkin, cussin, hollerin, an' a gineral soun ove things a-smashin, an' seed people a-mixin tharsefs pow'ful, sorter like bees a-fixin tu swarm. Thinks I, Look out Sut, hit am cumin; hits mos' time; yu haint hed a skeer fur ni ontu three days--when yere cum roun the corner ove the market house, jis' a-tarin, a thuteen hunder' poun' black an' white bull, wif his tail es strait up in the air es a telegraf pole, an' a chesnut fence rail tied across his ho'ns wif hickory withs.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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