Recollections at my birth, and some early memories of my own Summer twilights on the front porch, and early episodes in my life which taught me that real life is a very hard thing More childhood troubles. Of my Dad and his hard ways with us Getting to
Jean Ritchie continues to perform at folk festivals, to record, and to publish music.
"Birth, death, marrying, first love, going to the settlement
schools -- the full round of living is here. Jean writes with such
tenderness at times that one murmures an apology for intruding on
the family circle." -- Chicago Tribune
" Singing Family of the Cumberlands, her memoir about growing up in
Perry County, is considered a gem of Appalachian literature." --
Jason Howard, Kentucky Living
""Her memoire about growing up in Perry County is considered a gem
of Appalachian literature."" -- Kentucky Living
""Ritchie writes as she sings -- naturally and with an instinctive
sense for rhythms. Her story of her rearing in the hill-circled
town of Viper is simple, vivid, and moving.... A beautiful story of
American living."" -- New York Herald Tribune
""The Ritchies are rare peope, of sturdy poineer stock. Jean
Ritchie sees them fondly, and the reader is likely to share her
warmth."" -- New York Times Book Review
"Ritchie writes as she sings -- naturally and with an instinctive
sense for rhythms. Her story of her rearing in the hill-circled
town of Viper is simple, vivid, and moving.... A beautiful story of
American living." -- New York Herald Tribune
"The remarkably gentle nature of the book seems even more
remarkable when on considers its locale -- the stern, rugged
Cumberland Mountains, a stratified rock escarpment in the
Appalachian Range. Seen through the gracious prose of Jean Ritchie,
however, the cruel, forbidding mountains become kindly shields
against the bustling outside work." -- Saturday Review of
Literature
"The rich headnotes and photographs speak to the regional culture,
the history of the songs and the family's life of simple, enduring
values." -- Come-All-Ye
"The Ritchies are rare peope, of sturdy poineer stock. Jean Ritchie
sees them fondly, and the reader is likely to share her warmth." --
New York Times Book Review
"What a pleasure it is to have this book back in print... each time
I open it and re-read the lyrics, I can hear, in my mind's ear,
Jean Ritchie's voice, as so many have heard it, clear, calm, and
strong." -- Paintsville Herald
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