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Home Grown Stories & Home Fried Lies Paperback – May 30, 2000

by Mitch Jayne (Author)

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Home Grown Stories & Home Fried Lies is a delightful look at the colorful life of Mitch Jayne and his time spent in - and out - of the Ozarks.

From teaching in one-room schools to the Hollywood big time with the Dillards, from small-town radio DJ to TV star on The Andy Griffith Show, from hound man and hunter to lecturer and author, Mitch has done it this time with a book that will have you laughing, crying, muttering to yourself and running down the street to share stories with your best friend. And wait till you see the beautiful illustrations by his wife and partner Diana!

Home Grown Stories & Home Fried Lies contains stories and anecdotes of the quriky individuals that helped shape the life of one of America's best storytellers.

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Wildstone Media
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May 30, 2000
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1882467302
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"Buy this book!" -- The Author's Wife<br \><br \>"Every Academic in the universe will make this book required reading" --Professor of Everything

"One of the best storytellers in America" --Another Wise Person

"Simply the best compilation of Ozark humor ever put together" --Somebody Famous

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A must-have for any fan or student of storytelling and the wonderful language and persona of the Ozark region.

From the Author

"I have written several books, but this is the first on I have written for the fun of it. I just have all this Ozark funny stuff in my head, circling like the buzzard that ate Wino Fred and can't fly straight... See, fun is pretty much what I had in mind when I wrote all this down. I've lived 70 years on this planet, looking for excuses to laugh, and by the time you're halfway through this you'll know more about what made me laugh than anybody from someplace besides Missouri would neeed to!"

About the Author

Mitch Jayne is one of the founding members of the internationally acclaimed bluegrass band, The Dillards.

He is an Ozark writer and lecturer who stirs the soul with his pictures of rural and small-town America.

Whether reading from one of his novels or reminiscing about his life on the road as a musician, or perhaps talking about his experiences in the movie and TV industry, his theme invariably comes around to his greatest love: the common man.

Mitch Jayne stories will inspire, inform, instruct...but above all else, they make you laugh.

Mitch Jayne is arguably America's greatest living storyteller.

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Mitch Jayne's Definition of The Ozarks:

Wonderful old hills, yawning with age and satisfied to lie there comfortably under the sun. Worn down like old hound's teeth, the Ozarks are all done with battles fought by young mountains like the Rockies and the Sierras. The oldest mountains on the continent, the Ozarks are furred with oak and hickory and time, and are as serene about their clear, frisky rivers as old animals are with the new litter playing across their bellies.

The Ozarks have captured time in a net and intend to turn it loose when they've measured and weighed it, like some considerate fisherman. The springs of the Ozarks are as clear and deep and startlingly blue as morning glories, the rivers run as transparent as gin, and the people who live in such a place can't help reflecting the satisfaction of it. Ozarkers speak in words as colorful as autumn leaves and use terms as carefully preserved as paw paw jelly or persimmon wine. We laugh a lot because we have been allowed a lot of joy.

The Ozarks are the mountains where America chose to store it's nostalgia for the forgotten pioneers, the smoke of hickory fires, the sound of fiddles and the far off cry of hounds.

But most of all, the Ozarks is our lasting, bittersweet memory of how most Americans used to be.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wildstone Media (May 30, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 284 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1882467302
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1882467303
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces

Best Sellers Rank: #1,538,131 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #315 in Rural Life Humor
- #3,635 in Humor Essays (Books)

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Kelly Keefe

Laugh out loud funny!

Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2013

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My father was a big Mitch Jayne fan long before he found fame with the Dillards. Every time Dad was down in the Salem area he made sure he had his tape recorder with him so he could tape Mitch off the air on the radio station he worked at.

Mitch, of course, went on to fame as the bass player with the Dillards (AKA the Darling Boys on the Andy Griffith show.) Alas, a hearing problem made Mitch have to leave the music scene, but, fortunately for us, he returned to his real love - writing.

My advice: BUY THIS BOOK. Then hold it back for a cold winter day when you can build a fire in the fireplace and cuddle up with the one you love and read it aloud to them.

And buy this, too. The Dillards: A Night in the Ozarks - An Audiolithograph My only complaint is there's not enough Mitch in it.

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Robert Brown

Just a wonderful book

Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2008

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Having read the previous eight reviews, I'm not sure I can add a thing. But just can't resist adding my enthusiastic voice. Just a great book on several levels. Many many "home grown stories" which often led to my laughing out loud. But also a love of the local language and culture which shines through throughout. Just a really fine recollection of a life-long journey to capture and communicate the culture and environment he loves.

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Daniel Herberg

Great story teller

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2022

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This book gives not only a great story you can visualize every detail but a great insight to old Ozark folks used to the old ways.

Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2008

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This book was full of great stories and caused me to laugh so hard I had tears running down my face several times. This was unfortunate because I was on an airplane at the time and the people sitting next to me were trying to sleep. I didn't love the sections of the book where the author talked about his experiences with the Andy Griffith Show but other than that it was excellent.

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Bruce Bishop

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2018

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Great stories from the Dillards, also known as the "Darling Boys" on the Andy Griffith show.

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Patsy

Hoping for more Arkansas stories

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2021

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My mother was born in NW Arkansas, and I was expecting more stories from that area. I am enjoying this book, however.

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Charles Hawkins

Wonderful Glimpse at Ozarks Humor and History

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2013

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Mitch Jayne is a gifted story teller. Many of his accounts and reflections in this book are humorous and entertaining. He fondly takes his readers to a unique time and place in the Missouri Ozarks that should never be forgotten.

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Dennis O.

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2018

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Knowing Mitch it was a great insight to his life.

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