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Mountain region/Western NC

The Ballad of Frankie Silver

In 1833 Mrs. Frances Silver was hanged in Morganton, North Carolina, for the ax murder of her husband Charles. For a century and a half the case has lived on in newspapers, pamphlets, memoirs, petition, folksong, and legends. Bobby McMillon, a member of the Silver family, learned stories about Frankie as he grew up in… Read More →

Filed Under: Movies, Uncategorized Tagged With: Folktales, Mountain region/Western NC

Being a Joines: A Life in the Brushy Mountains

  John E. “Frail” Joines was a master tale teller from Wilkes County, North Carolina, on the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains. His hunting tales, stories from World War II, and religious narratives mirror changes that have swept away the mountain folk community in a single generation and show the character and values… Read More →

Filed Under: Movies, Uncategorized Tagged With: Folktales, Mountain region/Western NC

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