the curious grammar of Ohio

Beverly Flanigan flanigan at OHIOU.EDU
Thu Oct 28 20:24:04 UTC 2004


Yes, McCrumb is next on my list.  The setting is West Virginia, I believe.

At 09:14 AM 10/28/2004, you wrote:
>Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at OHIOU.EDU> sez...
> >>>
>Needs looked into indeed!  Since I've been reading Appalachia-based novels
>lately (because they're good, first, and because I'm looking for
>representations of dialect, second),
><<<
>
>(I may have already recommended) Sharyn McCrumb "ballad" series, e.g., "The
>Ballad of Frankie Silver" and "The Rosewood Casket". Also Manly Wade
>Wellman.
>
>-- Mark A. Mandel



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