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 | Leavin' Sandlick and Speakin' Appalachian by Mary Ellen Goble Preece | Reviewed by Wanda Maynard | |
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| Publisher: publishamerica,LLLP
http://www.publishamerica.com ISBN: 1424183146 Genre: non-fiction Subgenre: Languages Release date: Jun 2007 Format: trade Pages: 76 Price: $14.95 | |||
| This grand discovery of stories about Appalachian families and their localisms seized this reader and hurled me back in time to a bygone era in the Appalachian hills. The dialogue kept me enthralled, as our first short story began with a family member talking about a member of the family who had been stung by wasps while out picking huckleberries and swelling up, which sounded like a bad allergic reaction. A nearby neighbor heard about the girl's accident and came by to see if there was anything she could do to help.
One story in particular that was filled with sadness and wonderful characters and really touched my heart was about an elderly couple as they prepared themselves to move away from Sandlick and travel northwest. This piqued my interest, but it also brought tears to my eyes. Mary Ellen Goble Preece showed her creative skill of mountain folk dialect by letting the characters of Leavin' Sandlick and Speakin' Appalachian speak in a kind of method that only the privileged mountain people knew about. The handy glossary in the back of the book helped tremendously with word meanings. The research into the Appalachian accent or characteristic manner of speaking was remarkable. A heritage that had long been hidden deep inside the Appalachian hills, considered archaic, that took generations for the world to finally get a chance to acknowledge ever existed, well-informed people look at as poor expression and communication of emotions. Mrs. Preece brought this dialect out of hiding for all the world to view. And like the prehistoric dinosaurs, this wonderful exchange of words is in danger of ceasing to be. I highly recommend this easy to read book to everyone and give it a well deserved five star rating. | |||
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