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  • The Southern Bells

  • By: Donald Davis
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When the Southern Bells brought the telephone to rural North Carolina, it looked like a "big black daffodil". What the telephone company had not counted on in conceiving its eight-party line service was a pair of "past-middle-age, unmarried sisters", the chatty Misses Lucy and Lena Leatherwood. Once the Leatherwood sisters were connected by the Southern Bells, nobody else on that line had a chance!

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  • Jack and Granny Ugly

  • By: Donald Davis
  • Narrated by: Donald Davis
  • Length: 59 mins
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    4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Growing up in North Carolina, Donald Davis heard stories that came to America through Scots-Irish immigrants about a fellow named Jack who was so real that young Davis thought he was a distant relative or otherside-of-the-mountain neighbor. Now Davis knows that Jack is a universal legendary figure who, by various names, is found in nearly every culture.

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  • Dr. York, Miss Winnie, and the Typhoid Shot

  • By: Donald Davis
  • Narrated by: Donald Davis
  • Length: 56 mins
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    4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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In rural North Carolina, in 1951, despite parental reassurances, a typhoid shot hurt. It hurt even more when the children saw who would be administering the shot: Miss Winnie, a large, dictatorial nurse who had been "especially built by the nursing school so she would never blow away in a hard wind".

  • 5 out of 5 stars

  • Donald Davis is always a super entertainer.

  • By DQwannaB on 10-20-16
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  • Listening for the Crack of Dawn

  • By: Donald Davis
  • Narrated by: Donald Davis
  • Length: 2 hrs
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    4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Donald Davis was born into a southern Appalachian mountain world rich in stories. He grew up listening to his father and his Uncle Frank tell stories of their boyhood, all the while taking in the details of his own childhood experience.

  • 5 out of 5 stars

  • Outstanding stories. Outstanding Narrator

  • By Robin on 04-15-03
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  • Rainy Weather

  • By: Donald Davis
  • Narrated by: Donald Davis
  • Length: 52 mins
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Traditional values abound in these hilarious stories from Appalachia: friendship, family, orderliness, humor, and delight in an especially inventive practical joke. In "Rainy Weather", a hound dog with more heart than sense wins everyone's admiration. "Uncle Frank Learns to Speak Polish" finds Davis' famous Uncle Frank making the most of a little foreign language. And, in "Uncle Frank Clean Up the Post Office", cleanliness is next to godliness, and it's also next to hilarity.

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  • Too Much Hair!

  • By: Donald Davis
  • Narrated by: Donald Davis
  • Length: 46 mins
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    5 out of 5 stars 8
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    5 out of 5 stars 6
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In Too Much Hair!, Donald Davis focuses on the trouble with little brothers, especially his own. In the title story, he gives his little brother the haircut he badly needs. The next story explains how he came to be permanently fired as his brother's babysitter. The third tale recounts one of the many science projects for which his brother served as Davis's personal chemistry set. These stories will call forth memories from anyone who has had to live with siblings.

  • 5 out of 5 stars

  • Loved it

  • By Leland on 07-13-16

Editorial Reviews

A lovely violin piece introduces Davis's saga about a boy's life before and after he acquires braces in a small town in North Carolina. Davis captures each word to perfection, whether he's drawing out the word "braces" to make it sound like a bad word or telling the story about braces and teeth rusting together, which he delivers through clenched teeth. When the boy endures a plaster cast in preparation for his braces, the experience is dragged out in Davis's presentation. Adding to the mirth is a whimsical account of what could happen to a braces wearer during a thunderstorm. Everyone - even those about to get braces - will laugh at this most enjoyable visit to the dentist ever.

Publisher's Summary

Braces hurt. Braces look funny. Braces are downright embarrassing. And just about the time you think they're going to feel normal, it's time to tighten them up again. Worst of all, most of us get braces just at that time of life when the last thing we want to do is to look conspicuous, to call attention to ourselves in any way. This new coming-of-age story employs storyteller Donald Davis' trademark descriptions and humor to address the question: is this worth all the pain and embarrassment?

This selection also contains another Davis favorite, "Why I Live at the Beach", which recalls the time he talked his mother into letting him go to Myrtle Beach with his friends under the supposedly watchful eye of one friend's grandmother, who, Davis recalls, "was a better enabler than governor".

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©1995, 1999 Donald Davis, Storytellers, Inc. (P)1999 August House Publishers, Inc.

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"Davis weaves his stories as a craftsman weaves fin fabric. There are no holes." (Lexington Herald-Leader)

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Another good story

This is one in a long line of Donald Davis audios, all about 1 hour long. He's a great southern storyteller and well worth the few bucks per book these are. Each one focuses on a certain time or series of events that happen to the author/narrator, as he reaches a certain age. These take place when he is in middle school and high school. The first story focuses on getting braces ,which he soon finds out aren't nearly as bad as he thought. The second is in a spring break road trip he and his friends take. Very funny and enjoyable.