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Orville Hicks Parkway Publishers Orville Hicks: Mountain Stories, Mountain Roots is the first full biography of mountain storyteller Orville Hicks, nephew and storytelling heir of the late, great Ray Hicks. When not storytelling, Hicks works at the Watauga County dump, where he holds court over an informal network of friends, admirers, and curious tourists who want to hear a story. The biography focuses on how Orville came to follow in his Uncle Ray’s storytelling footsteps, and includes one of Orville’s stories.
Reviews “Orville’d come around, and Ray, of course, always played his harp and told his stories and riddles. Later, Orville started telling stories. I always loved to listen to him. He’s always jolly. He’s got that smile. Ray told Orville, ‘Hold in there and tell the stories. Keep ‘em going. I know everyone loves stories.’ I just hope he keeps on telling stories—and everyone else. Keep the stories hot a-going.” —Rosa Hicks, First cousin of Orville and wife of storyteller Ray Hicks “I really like to hear Orville tell the Jack tales. I think the Mule Egg story is one of the funniest things I ever heard.” “Orville Hicks is a master storyteller. Astride two horses—one a creature of his pioneering past, the other bred to cruise an urban equestrian ring—he never loses his stride as he carries us through the adventures of Jack. It is his total recall and irrepressible humor which ensure that the tales he tells will still have validity among the youth of today and tomorrow. He is a treasure.” “When Orville Hicks tells a tale you hear the echoes of the old-time mountaineers coming directly through him. Second cousin to Ray Hicks, the patriarch of mountain storytellers, Orville carries on the family story tradition with delightful humor, authenticity, warmth, and great skill. Orville Hicks is the real thing.”
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