Description: Illustrated by Maurice Sendak, Singing Family of the Cumberlands will delight readers in all walks of life.
Brief description: Jean Ritchie continues to perform at folk festivals, to record, and to publish music.
Review Quotes:
Ritchie writes as she sings--naturally and with an instinctive sense for rhythms. Her story of her rearing in the hill-circled town of Viper is simple, vivid, and moving. . . . A beautiful story of American living.
-- "New York Herald Tribune"