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Garrett, Edwin

 
9781604149548: They Said It Their Way: The Official Tennessee Book of By-Words and Old Sayings
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ISBN 10 : 160414954X ISBN 13 : 9781604149548
Editeur : Fideli Publishing Inc., 2017

Synopsis

This is a quaint collection of by-words, old sayings, phrases, and stories that are unique for the most part to a particular section of Tennessee. Most of the stories and by-words are from a bygone day, a time when children attended one-teacher schools, when there were very few automobiles; an era when it was a rarity to see an airplane fly across the sky, and upon being heard, children would race out of the schoolhouse to get a glimpse of it.

The reader should be aware that there are words in this collection of sayings, such as splouzed (rhyme with blouse), scrouged (rhyme with gouged), and scrootch (rhyme with pooch) which were attempts by the author to capture correct phonetic sounds of the words, since many of these words might never have been written down.

This collection of sayings, many of which have faded into non-usage, but all of which bring back fond memories, is written in honor of the author's father, Booz Garrett, 2/12/1896-7/16/1962, a decorated veteran of WWI and truly a gentle man.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Edwin Garrett is a retired school teacher and Educational Administrator from Tennessee. He grew up in rural Overton County in Middle Tennessee, located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. He has spent a lifetime collecting stories, phrases, old sayings and bywords spoken by those of past generations. The writing of this book is an effort to preserve this unique and colorful language for his children, grandchildren, and future generations.

Présentation de l'éditeur

A lifelong treasured collection of unique expressions spoken by a colorful people with related stories and comments by the author.

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Éditeur
Fideli Publishing Inc.
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
160414954X
ISBN 13 
9781604149548
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
254
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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