Stories From the Heart - Missouri''s African American Heritage

Informationen zum Autor About the Compiler A master storyteller with the Missouri Folk Arts Program, Gladys Caines-Coggswell was the first black president of the Missouri Folklore Society and is founder of the By Word of Mouth Storytelling Guild. In 2005 she received the Missouri Arts Award for her work in encouraging and preserving African American storytelling traditions. She lives in Frankford, Missouri. Zusammenfassung All along the river! from the front porches of Hannibal to the neighborhoods of St Louis to the cotton fields of the Bootheel and west to Kansas City! stories are being told. This work presents a collection of family stories and traditional tales about all walks of African American life.

Product details

• Authors: Gladys Caines-Coggswell
• Assisted by: Gladys Caines-Coggswell (Editor), Gladys Caines Coggswell (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2009
• EAN: 9780826218445
• ISBN: 978-0-8262-1844-5
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Missouri Heritage Readers; Missouri Heritage Readers Series; Missouri Heritage Readers; Missouri Heritage Readers Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous