Folk Wisdom of the Ozarks

Folk wisdom varies from region to region, and the Ozark Mountain variety was, and still is, peculiar and very special to the residents of this grand range. For the most part, early Ozarkers, though scattered, were bound together by common geography, religion, ethnic background, language, customs, dress, architecture, and even hardship. Wisdom as it related to survival and just getting by was accumulated and freely shared among these isolated residents. The people living throughout the Ozark Mountains often had to depend on each other for medical treatment, weather and crop information, and any number of other elements associated with living in a remote environment far from stores, physicians, and newspapers.

W.C. Jameson W.C. Jameson is an award-winning author of fifty books, numerous articles, essays, songs, poems, has recorded five CDs, and has written the sound tracks for two documentaries and one feature film. His music has been heard on NPR and he has been interviewed on The History Channel, The Travel Channel, PBS, and Nightline. He splits his time between Texas and Colorado, and when not writing, he tours the country performing his music and conducting writing workshops. Jameson has won numerous awards for his writing from a number of professional associations. A nationally recognized and honored author, he has served as a judge for several prestigious literary competitions. When not on an expedition or writing a book, Jameson tours the country performing his music at folk festivals, colleges and universities, concert halls, and roadhouses.