At the Big House: Where Aunt Nancy and Aunt 'Phrony Held Forth on the Animal Folks (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Anne Virginia Culbertson

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ISBN 10: 1332102557 ISBN 13: 9781332102556

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

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Excerpt from At the Big House: Where Aunt Nancy and Aunt 'Phrony Held Forth on the Animal Folks The three children, Ned of ten, Janey of eight, and Kit, the yellow-haired laddie of five, were wild with delight at the prospect of a visit to their uncle on the old plantation where their mother had been reared; for little Kit had never been there, and the others were too young to recollect a former visit. Their mother had married and gone North to live some time before the Civil War. Then came the troubled years of strife, when it was unsafe for her to venture with her little brood into the war-swept, storm-beaten section of southern Virginia where her old home was situated. Now, however, the struggle had been over for a year, and she felt a great longing to see home once more, to know what familiar and cherished objects had survived the wreckage of war, and to give her children a glimpse of the old order of things before it should disappear for ever. She had told them so much of the place and of her life there, that they felt as if they were going to visit some well-known spot, and in particular were filled with liveliest anticipations of hearing for themselves, and in the proper surroundings, the old darky songs and tales of which she had tried to give them some idea. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from At the Big House: Where Aunt Nancy and Aunt 'Phrony Held Forth on the Animal Folks

Here Aunt Nancy imitated the peculiarly mournful, monotonous dirge indulged in by the negroes at their settin'-ups, consisting of only a few notes without words, hummed through closed lips, and wailed with such persistent dolefulness through the long night that the effect is indescribably harrowing as well as melan choly. Presently she resumed her story.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1332102557
• ISBN 13: 9781332102556
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 275