Describes the experiences of a young boy growing up in western North Carolina during the fifties and sixties.

Donald Davis, known across the country for his unforgettable tales of growing up Appalachian, inhabits this novel as the journal-keeping Medford McGee, a wide-eyed ten-year-old boy mystified by the rituals of adulthood and the march of technology into rural North Carolina in 1910. The one automobile in Close Creek awes Medford, and the telegraph machine dumbfounds him, The modern world, says Medford, is just about here now.

A collection of thirteen Jack tales from the southern Appalachian Mountains, including "The Time Jack Told a Big Tale," "The Time Jack Cured the Doctor," and "The Time Jack Stole the Cows."

Presents stories from the author's youth in 1950s North Carolina as well as stories describing the childhood of his mother, who came of age in the Smoky Mountains in the 1930s.

The author draws on his southern roots and the storytelling tradition to present a humorous collection of tales about celebrating the Christmas season as a child.

A story journey throught Appalachia.

Presents a method for teaching language that shifts away from separating writing and talking, integrating the spoken word into language education to make the transition to the "foreign" language of writing go more smoothly.

Five stories about Davis's school days, ranging from kindergarten to high school: "Mrs. Rosemary", "Winning and Losing", "Miss Daisy", "Experience", "Stanley Easter". An ideal gift for teachers past, present, and future -- or for students of all ages.

Collects favorite stories from the author's family of North Carolina storytellers, including "Uncle Frank Learns to Speak Polish," "Little Buchanan Outruns the Law," and "Uncle Gudger's First Pet"

This is for people who think they have no stories to tell. It is "a set of baited fishhooks for you to use in a pond of stories that have probably been virtually untouched, and are uniquely yours."