Tree Accurst Bobby McMillon and Stories of Frankie Silver

Name: Tree Accurst Bobby McMillon and Stories of Frankie Silver
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ISBN: 9780807848739

ISBN-10: 0807848735

ISBN-13: 9780807848739

Edition: 2000

Authors: Daniel W. Patterson

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On a wintry night in 1831, a man named Charlie Silver was murdered with an axe and his body burned in a cabin in the mountains of North Carolina. His young wife, Frankie Silver, was tried and hanged for the crime. In later years people claimed that a tree growing near the ruins of the old cabin was cursedthat anyone who climbed into it would be unable to get out. Daniel Patterson uses this "accurst" tree as a metaphor for the grip the story of the murder has had on the imaginations of the local community, the wider world, and the noted Appalachian traditional singer and storyteller Bobby McMillon. For nearly 170 years, the memory of Frankie Silver has been kept alive by a ballad and local…

Book details

List price: $32.50
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 10/2/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Illustrations


Acknowledgments


A Tree Accurst


Introduction



Bobby Mcmillon and Oral Tradition



Frankie Silver Lore as Performed by Bobby Mcmillon



The State Versus Frances Silver



A Story That Happened the Legend of Frankie Silver



The Ballad "frankie Silver"



A Tale of a Governor


Conclusion



Variants of the Frankie Silver Legend Cycle



Variants of the Ballad "frankie Silver" (laws E 13)



Artistic Treatments of the Frankie Silver Story


Notes


Works Cited


Index