The Adventure of Charlie and his Wheat-Straw Hat: A Memorat by Hiser, Berniece T (Recounted by) - 1986

New York.: G P Putnam's Sons., 1986. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Sturdy, clean.. Szilagyi, Mary (Illustrated by).. 1 Glossy illustrated paper over boards. 38p. Color artwork. Audience: Children/juvenile. Children's picture storybook set in Eastern Kentucky, Appalachia, on Frozen Creek, a branch of the Kentucky River, Civil War era. Their dialect derived from a population of immigrants from England, Scotland, Ireland. A short glossary is found on the copyright page; e.g. "memorat" is a folktale said by the teller to be true. Tale: Money is short in 7-yr-old Charlie's home. He wants a straw hat to wear to school. He and his grandmother decide to make one. And that's not the end of the story.