by Margaret Jones Bolsterli
University of Arkansas Press, 2016
Cloth: 978-1-55728-978-0 | Paper: 978-1-68226-015-9 | eISBN: 978-1-61075-494-1
Library of Congress Classification F411.6.B65 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 976.7

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Things You Need to Hear gathers memories of Arkansans from all over the state with widely different backgrounds. In their own words, these people tell of the things they did growing up in the early twentieth century to get an education, what they ate, how they managed to get by during difficult times, how they amused themselves and earned a living, and much more. Some of Margaret Bolsterli's "informants," as she calls them, are famous (Johnny Cash, Maya Angelou, Levon Helm, Joycelyn Elders), but many more are not. Their vivid personal stories have been taken from published works and from original interviews conducted by Bolsterli. All together, these tales preserve memories of ways of life that are compelling, entertaining, and certainly well worth remembering.

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