The songcatcher : a ballad novel / Sharyn McCrumb.
Folksinger Lark McCourry retraces the history of a family song, which she had heard from her North Carolina relatives as a child, back to eighteenth-century Scotland to young Malcolm MacQuarry, kidnapped and sent to the American colonies, where he eventually became a lawyer and fought in the American Revolution.
Record details
- ISBN: 0525944885
- ISBN: 9780525944881
- Physical Description: 321 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Dutton, [2001]
- Copyright: ©2001
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- Subject:
- Scottish Americans > Fiction.
Mountain life > Fiction.
Women singers > Fiction.
Folk singers > Fiction.
Ballads > Fiction.
North Carolina > Fiction. - Genre:
- Domestic fiction.
Available copies
- 80 of 85 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 85 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | NC FIC McCRUMB (Text) | 36015000314969 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | NC Fic McCrumb (Text) | 36015001223334 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC McCrumb (Text) | 101091000581401 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | NC M McCrumb (Text) | 34269000616848 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | F MCCRUMB (Text) | 30664100082079 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | NC F MCC (Text) | 80605000890615 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Angier Public Library | F McC (Text) | 33632002127182 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | F MCC (Text) | 50503010954347 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | FIC MCC (Text) | 31111001745194 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | FIC MCC (Text) | 31111002521092 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
Folksinger Lark McCourry retraces the history of a family song, which she had heard from her North Carolina relatives as a child, back to eighteenth-century Scotland to young Malcolm MacQuarry, kidnapped and sent to the American colonies, where he eventually became a lawyer and fought in the American Revolution.
