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...heap concerning progress, yet come to look at pictures of it and 'tis a mess." Maristan Chapman's Tennessee mountaineers think and speak throughout in such pithy proverbialisms. Their language is often outlandish?it takes a 62-word glossary to explain words like "bo-dacious," "fere." "hirpling," "survigrous,"' "smooch." These rough diamonds the author matrixes in a poetic style showing traces of T. F. Powys. J. M. Synge and the translators of the Holy Bible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Homespun Tale | 1/11/1932 | See Source »

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