Riding on comets a memoir
(eBook)
Author
Published
Morgantown : Vandalia Press, 2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (258 pages)
Status
More Details
Format
eBook
Language
English
ISBN
9781940425535 (e-book)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Riding on Comets is the true story of an only child growing up in a working-class family during the 1950s and '60s. As the family storyteller, Cat Pleska whispers and shouts about her life growing up around savvy, strong women and hard-working, hard-drinking men. Unlike many family stories set within Appalachia, this story provides an uncommon glimpse into this region: not coal, but an aluminum plant; not hollers, but small-town America; not hillbillies, but a hard-working family with traditional values. From the dinner table, to the back porch, to the sprawling countryside, Cat Pleska reveals the sometimes tender, sometimes frightening education of a child who listens at the knees of these giants. She mimics and learns every nuance, every rhythm--how they laugh, smoke, cuss, fight, love, and tell stories--as she unwittingly prepares to carry their tales forward, their words and actions forever etched in her mind. And finally, she discovers a life story of her own"--,Provided by publisher.
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LC Subjects
Appalachians (People) -- West Virginia -- Biography.
Only child -- Biography.
Pleska, Cat, -- 1953- -- Childhood and youth.
Pleska, Cat, -- 1953- -- Family.
Saint Albans (W. Va.) -- Biography.
Saint Albans (W. Va.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
West Virginia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Working class families -- West Virginia -- Biography.
Only child -- Biography.
Pleska, Cat, -- 1953- -- Childhood and youth.
Pleska, Cat, -- 1953- -- Family.
Saint Albans (W. Va.) -- Biography.
Saint Albans (W. Va.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
West Virginia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Working class families -- West Virginia -- Biography.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Pleska, C. (2015). Riding on comets: a memoir (First edition.). Vandalia Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pleska, Cat, 1953-. 2015. Riding On Comets: A Memoir. Vandalia Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pleska, Cat, 1953-. Riding On Comets: A Memoir Vandalia Press, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Pleska, Cat. Riding On Comets: A Memoir First edition., Vandalia Press, 2015.
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| 505 | 0 | |a IMAGES... -- No Salt -- Trick or Treat -- A Tone -- Give Me My Hat -- Big Earl's -- A Brush with the Law -- In Mommaw's Kitchen -- AWAKENING... -- What We Called Home -- From a Time Before -- Night Light -- Cicada Buzz -- AWARENESS... -- I Spy -- Shelter -- Back Home -- Devil Faces -- Something Gathers 'Round Me -- House of Leaves -- Plunder -- REACTION... -- Alarm Clock -- My Civic Duty -- The Nervous Hospital -- My Kingdom for a Horse -- Night on Cheat Mountain I -- Night on Cheat Mountain II -- CarniVAL -- War -- The Sailor man -- LOSS... -- In the Cellar -- Reckoning -- Exception to the Rule -- Charmed -- I've Drawed up a Mite -- 900 Degrees Celsius -- Twin Haloes -- The Phone Rings -- Attention K-Mart Shoppers! Do the Dead Wear Underwear? -- We Shall Gather -- Riding on Comets -- Night on Cheat Mountain III -- Fall -- STRENGTH... -- Liminal -- Dragon's Tale -- Epilogue -- Author Bio -- Book Discussion. | |
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