In the 1830s, young Frankie Silver was tried and hung for killing her husband with an axe and burning the body in their home in the N.C. mountains. Now, 170 years later, the story still has a grip on the community and in the wider world, where it has been kept alive by a ballad, local legends, fiction, drama, and news accounts. Using the Silver case, this book examines the interplay between folklore and history.
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In the 1830s, young Frankie Silver was tried and hung for killing her husband with an axe and burning the body in their home in the N.C. mountains. Now, 170 years later, the story still has a grip on the community and in the wider world, where it has been kept alive by a ballad, local legends, fiction, drama, and news accounts. Using the Silver case, this book examines the interplay between folklore and history.
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Add this copy of Tobe to cart. $157.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by University of North Carolina.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Tenth printing. Photographs by Charles Farrell. Faint discoloration on rear hinge else about fine in fine dustwrapper. Wonderful children's book of black life in the rural south illustrated with great photographs, reprinted many times.
Add this copy of Tobe to cart. $92.00, very good condition, Sold by Black Cat Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sag Harbor, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1942 by The University of North Carolina Press.
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Charles Farrell. Very Good. No Jacket. Book 3rd printing. Hardbound, no dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription on front free end page. Wear & darkening to boards, otherwise very good.
Add this copy of Tobe to cart. $107.00, Sold by Princeton Antiques Bookservice rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Atlantic City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1942 by CHAPEL HILL.
Edition:
1942, CHAPEL HILL
Hardcover
Details:
Publisher:
CHAPEL HILL
Published:
1942
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18045203810
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GOOED. 7.5X10.5. General wear, rubbed cover, rubbed spine edges, black stains on rear cover, lightly foxed endpapers, worn edge, agetoned edge, contains BW photographs, _PAB_
Add this copy of Tobe to cart. $82.00, very good condition, Sold by Jero Books and Templet Co. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Monica, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1939 by The University of North Carolina Press.
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Charles Farrell (photographs) Very Good in Good jacket. Children / Adventure. 4to. 10th Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. 4to with 121pages. The book is in very good condition with some very slight-faint marks to cover. Previous owner's name at the top of the front free end paper. Interior is clean and tight. The dust jacket is in good condition with some shelf wear, rubbing and some small tears to edges, $4.95 price on front flap of jacket. Some faint discoloration to back of dj. Pictures available upon request. Profusely illustrated. "...this book was inspired when a little black boy asked Ms. Sharpe why there weren't any children books for colored kids. She started researching and found there weren't any books about colored children and proceeded to make history by writing one of the first of it's kind....This is the story of a little black boy, told for children and illustrated with over fifty photographs showing Tobe and his brothers and sisters in all the varied activities of a small southern farm." Blue Cloth w/Gold text. DJ Gray-Black-Blue spine/ White text. #034192.
Add this copy of Tobe to cart. $102.00, very good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1939 by University of North Carolina Press.
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Very Good. NC: University of North Carolina Press 1942. 3rd printing. Hardcover 4to 121 pgs. B/w white photos by Charles Farrell. Very good in a good dust jacket. Slight wear to corners and spine ends. Foxing to front endpaper. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket edgeworn, chipped and has some edge tears. Rear panel a bit soiled. Price clipped. (African Americans, Twins, Farm Life, Juvenile Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.
Add this copy of Tobe to cart. $182.00, very good condition, Sold by McBlain Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hamden, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1939 by University of North Carolina Press.
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Charles Farrell. Very Good in Fair jacket. Photos (by Charles Farrell), 121p. Original orange cloth. dj. 27 cm. Jacket edges and backstrip chipped with small pieces missing from the top and bottom end of backstrip. Corners and ends of backstrip rubbed. Penciled former owner information on front free endpaper. Modest foxing on both endpapers and a few adjacent leaves. Photo-illustrated children's book about a six-year-old African American boy.
