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"This is an unusually sensitive book by an unusually gifted writer. A slightly fictionalized biography of the author's grandmother, Retter, it radiates out from a center-and this center is the courage and loving kindness of an extra- ordinary mountain woman. Retter, forgetful of self, is like indomitable sunrise. "
A story of three years in the life of the author's mother. It takes the reader to another time, to the age of young love and marriage in the early 1940's. It shows the isolation and sensitivity of a girl and how she became a strong mountain wife and mother. Spread throughout the pages of this book is the love of the author's homeland, the Appalachian Mountains.
In This rendering of family stories gathered by the author, is the flavor of true life in the mountains of North Carolina during the late 1800's through the early 1900's. Told in dialect, the voice of the author reflects the intended humor, the unconscious bravery, the realized and unrealized love of the people and places of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The tape has stories such as "The Granny Woman," Finger in the Fire," "Coon Hunting, The Cucumber Doll," and more.
Matchbox Mountain is a collection of stories told from the heart of a writer and seen through the eyes of an artist. Sisters Amy Ammons Garza, Author and Doreyl Ammons, Artist relive a special year in their mountain childhood, 1952, when they were nine and ten years old, and their brother, David, was seven. Within the words of the book the reader will find children of the land with heartfelt tales depicting a life of pure, honest creativity and its enduring qualities. Over thirty drawings illustrate another first hand view of the children and their adventures.
A workbook presenting the side- that everyone is creative and Important.
Traveling the winding mountain roads of Western North Carolina, two visiting artists found reason to celebrate and honor the children of Appalachia; the children of the world. Based on ten years of successful creativity workshops, Amy Ammons Garza and Doreyl Ammons have compiled activities that demonstrate through participation that every person has a gift of creativity. The concepts in this workbook are simple, yet profound when the children suddenly realize that they have worth and are naturally creative in his/her own unique way. This workbook can stand alone, it can accompany it's sister book, Matchbox Mountain, and it can also be the instrument in a workshop directed toward creative writing and visual art in the public school system.
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In March of 1994, at the age of 2, Tony Queen, a North Carolina mountain boy was beaten and tortured, forced to endure a week of unspeakable pain and to perform indecent acts beyond all reason. He was placed unconscious into a 2' x 4' trailer closet and the door nailed shut. This account of Tony Queen's life (and death) also has 15 interviews with those who knew him before and after his tragic death at the hands of seven "friends." |
"Matchbook Mountain"____________________Books @ $6.95=$_________
"Catch the Spirit of Creativity" ______________Books @ $3.95=$_________
"Retter, A Novel of the Mountains"__________Books @ $6.95=$_________
"Cannie, The Hills of Home"_______________Books @ $12.95=$_________
"Blue Ridge Mountain Stories"_______________Tapes @ $6.95=$_________
"I am Somebody, the Story of Tony Queen"____Books @ $11.95=$_________
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