Memoirs of Grassy Creek
Subtitle: growing up in the mountains on the Virginia-North Carolina line
By: by Zetta Barker Hamby.
Series: Contributions to southern Appalachian studies ;; 1
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Jefferson, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Hamby, Zetta Barker, 1907-  -- Childhood and youth.; Mountain life -- North Carolina -- Grassy Creek (Ashe County); Grassy Creek (Ashe County, N.C.) -- Social life and customs.; Grassy Creek (Ashe County, N.C.) -- Biography.
Description: Zetta Barker Hamby was born in the Blue Ridge of Appalachia and, during a rich, rural mountain life, experienced the advent of the telephone, the automobile, electricity, radio, television and the airplane. To set down what life was like in the early days of the century, Hamby - a retired school teacher and principal - culled old records and spoke with everyone she knew who retained memories of the era.

She has written about families, weddings and funerals, schooling, amusements, politics, home remedies, world war, and many more topics. Sometimes poignant, often humorous, these memoirs capture an era all too quickly being lost to memory.
Notes: Includes index.