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Loyal Jones

Biography

Loyal Jones

Loyal Jones is the author of numerous books on Appalachian culture, including COUNTRY MUSIC HUMORISTS AND COMEDIANS. He served as director of the Appalachian Center at Berea College for 23 years.

Loyal Jones

Books by Loyal Jones

by Loyal Jones - Biography, Nonfiction

Brimming with ballads, stories, riddles, tall tales and great good humor, MY CURIOUS AND JOCULAR HEROES pays homage to four people who guided and inspired Loyal Jones’ own study of Appalachian culture. His sharp-eyed portraits introduce a new generation to Bascom Lunsford, the pioneer behind the “memory collections” of song and story at Columbia University and the Library of Congress; the Sorbonne-educated collector and performer Josiah H. Combs; Cratis D. Williams, the legendary father of Appalachian studies; and the folklorist and master storyteller Leonard W. Roberts.