Jones, Loyal.
Laughter in Appalachia : a festival of Southern Mountain humor / Get-cozy homespun humors for jokers everywhere Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler. - First Ballantine Books edition - New York : Ivy Books, c1988. - x, 177 pages : illustrations ;
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: Preface -- It's either funny or it ain't -- Appalachian humor -- Religion -- Doctor's and lawyers -- Schools and book learning -- Politics -- Farming -- Alcohol -- Longevity -- Dogs and hunting -- Interpretation of humor -- Jesse James Bailey -- Miscellaneous humor -- Longer stories -- Southern humor: the lights and the dark.
English
0804102996 [newsprint]
American wit and humor--Appalachian Region.
Laughter in Appalachia : a festival of Southern Mountain humor / Get-cozy homespun humors for jokers everywhere Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler. - First Ballantine Books edition - New York : Ivy Books, c1988. - x, 177 pages : illustrations ;
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: Preface -- It's either funny or it ain't -- Appalachian humor -- Religion -- Doctor's and lawyers -- Schools and book learning -- Politics -- Farming -- Alcohol -- Longevity -- Dogs and hunting -- Interpretation of humor -- Jesse James Bailey -- Miscellaneous humor -- Longer stories -- Southern humor: the lights and the dark.
English
0804102996 [newsprint]
American wit and humor--Appalachian Region.