Ozark Country

"Chronicles of the Ozarks reissue of Otto Ernest Rayburn's 1941 Ozark Country. Edited and with a new introduction by Ozarks scholar Brooks Blevins"--

About the author

Born in Iowa and raised in Kansas, Otto Ernest Rayburn (1891-1960) was a teacher, writer, and magazine editor who devoted most of his life to the folklore and folkways of the Ozarks.
Brooks Blevins, a native of the Arkansas Ozarks, is the Noel Boyd Professor of Ozarks Studies at Missouri State University and the author or editor of ten books, including Arkansas/Arkansaw: How Bear Hunters, Hillbillies, and Good Ol' Boys Defined a State.

Summary

Published just days before America's entry into World War II, Ozark Country is Otto Ernest Rayburn's love letter to his adopted region. Rayburn's colourful tour takes readers from the fictional village of Woodville into the backcountry of a region teeming with storytellers, ballad singers, superstitions, and home remedies.

Product details

• Authors: Otto Ernest Rayburn
• Assisted by: Brooks Blevins (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781682261606
• ISBN: 978-1-68226-160-6
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 203 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 370 g
• Series: Chronicles of the Ozarks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories