ORVILLE HICKS: Mountain Stories ~ Mountain Roots, Ebel, Julia~~~ $19.95 NO LONGER CARRY

152 pgs. black and white and full-color photos. 2005. Upper elementary, middle school, high school.

Orville Hicks: Mountain Stories, Mountain Roots is the first full biography of mountain storyteller Orville Hicks, nephew and storytelling heir of the late, great Ray Hicks. When not storytelling, Hicks works at the Watauga County dump, where he holds court over an informal network of friends, admirers, and curious tourists who want to hear a story. The biography focuses on how Orville came to follow in his Uncle Ray’s storytelling footsteps, and includes one of Orville’s stories.

Curriculum Applications: 4th & 8th Grade Social Studies; Language Arts

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