title: My Curious and Jocular Heroes: Tales and Tale-Spinners from Appalachia
author:  Loyal Jones 
description: <DIV> "Loyal Jones's engaging collection of biographies brings to life four prominent figures of twentieth-century Appalachian folkways whose names will be familiar to many readers but only distantly. This is a major contribution to the study of America's most distinctive regional culture.  Norm Cohen, author of Long Steel Rail: The Railroad in American Folksong </DIV><br /><br /><DIV> "The colorful tales, anecdotes, word lore, customs, riddles, and songs that Loyal Jones has chosen bring us into the humor, accents, and often ribald color that marks our first frontier and its inhabitants." Stephen Wade, author of The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience </DIV>
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  ©2021 Susan Page Davis
  
  Published by Scrivenings Press LLC
  
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  Paperback ISBN 978-1-64917-096-5
  
  eBook ISBN 978-1-64917-097-2
  
  Library of Congress Control Number: 2021933538
  
  Cover by www.bookmarketinggraphics.com.
  
  All characters are fictional, and any resemblance to real people, either
  factional or historical, is purely coincidental.
  
  >  **CONTENTS**
  
  >  _Chapter 1_
  
  >  _Chapter 2_
  
  >  _Chapter 3_
  
  >  _Chapter 4_
  
  >  _Chapter 5_
  
  >  _Chapter 6_
  
  >  _Chapter 7_
  
  >  _Chapter 8_
  
  >  _Chapter 9_
  
  >  _Chapter 10_
  
  >  _Chapter 11_
  
  >  _Chapter 12_
  
  >  _C