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Going to Grandma's
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 56 mins
- Abridged Audiobook
- Release date: 10-05-06
- Language: English
- Publisher: August House
Regular price: $10.47
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 16
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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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Listening for the Crack of Dawn
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story5 out of 5 stars 35
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding stories. Outstanding Narrator
- By Robin on 04-15-03
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Dr. York, Miss Winnie, and the Typhoid Shot
- By: Donald Davis
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- Length: 56 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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5 out of 5 stars
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Donald Davis is always a super entertainer.
- By DQwannaB on 10-20-16
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Grandma's Boy
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- Length: 59 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Grandma's house was a magical place, and in this vivid memoir, Donald Davis makes it possible for each of us to go back to our own grandma's kitchen, clutter room, living room, and to that immeasurable bed that seemed to swallow us whole. This selection also contains a traditional story Davis learned from his grandmother, one handed down through his family from generations who once lived in Scotland before coming to the Appalachian mountains, about the time that fortune-seeker named Jack made the king mad.
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Rainy Weather
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 52 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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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Stanley Easter
- By: Donald Davis
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- Length: 57 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
There was a time during Donald Davis's college freshman year when he wasn't really sure he wanted to claim his hometown of Sulpher Springs, North Carolina. But a boy by the name of Stanley Easter changed Davis's mind.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Spellbinding!
- By Emmaus Dan on 05-11-16
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story5 out of 5 stars 35
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5 out of 5 stars
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- By Robin on 04-15-03
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Dr. York, Miss Winnie, and the Typhoid Shot
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- Length: 56 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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".
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5 out of 5 stars
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- By DQwannaB on 10-20-16
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Grandma's Boy
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- Length: 59 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Stanley Easter
- By: Donald Davis
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- Length: 57 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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5 out of 5 stars
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Spellbinding!
- By Emmaus Dan on 05-11-16
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See Rock City
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 54 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story5 out of 5 stars 11
"Years later," Donald Davis remember of his childhood," I came to realize that when you come from a long-dammed-up Scots-Irish gene pool it is an okay thing to wish for something, but it is not an OK thing to get it."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By Donald on 05-21-03
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The Big Screen Drive-In Theater
- By: Donald Davis
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- Length: 54 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4
Screen Drive-In Theater hired a young Donald Davis to work his high school summers there. Employment at the Sulpher Springs Big-Screen Drive-In Theater consisted of working the concession stand, catching "slip-ins", and patrolling the back row to learn about love and life. The theater survives Davis and his friends' summer hijinks until Labor Day.
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Uncle Frank Invents the Electron Microphone
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- Length: 43 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
In the hills of Appalachia, humor and wisdom are mixed up forever in funny, wise stories that seem to grow more lustrous with each telling. Here are two of the best: "Uncle Frank Invents the Electron Microphone", Appalachian folk wisdom rolled into one of Davis' funniest stories; "Uncle Frank and the Crown Feed Boys", Davis' legendary Uncle Frank teaches a couple of traveling salesmen the lesson of their lives.
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Irrational Fear
- By: Donald Davis
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7
We all have our personal phobias and white-knuckle moments. The title story of Irrational Fear tells of Davis's mother's fear of snakes and the way she eventually got even with him for making fun of her. (She always came out on top.) The second story, "The Red Coat", tells why his father and his father's brother-in-law finally stopped playing Christmas tricks on their sisters and wives. Here's another hilarious send-up from one of America's favorite storytellers.
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The Grand Canyon
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 49 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
If you have never ridden a mule along a 48-inch wide trail whose ledge drops off, in places, 700 feet to the Colorado River, straight down, you may have difficulty picturing the temporary insanity that leads otherwise responsible adults to sign away the remainder of their natural life expectancy just for the chance to see the Grand Canyon's natural beauty close-up.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Story great as the Canyon is Grand!
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Jack and Granny Ugly
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 59 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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.
Editorial Reviews
Donald Davis is a storyteller extraordinaire. He keeps tall tales fun and interesting with his versatile delivery, music, and vocal sound effects. For instance, his crying is just how it would probably sound to young listeners - boohoohoohoo. His voice and delivery realistically capture the time and feeling of the zany stories. Regarding grandma and her naughty grandkids, Davis says "Stories would sneak up on us when she needed to teach us something." Great fun and an excellent vocal window on different places and times.
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Critic Reviews
"Donald Davis is a storyteller extraordinaire. He keeps tall tales fun and interesting with his versatile delivery, music, and vocal sound effects." (AudioFile)
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I have trouble rating Do and Davis lower than 5 stars. He is a great storyteller of Southern yarns. In this one, he recounts a story his dad told them on a drive to their grandmas house.
I've liked all the stories by this author/narrator.