Ray Hicks of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, Tells Four Authentic "Jack Tales"

"Jack Tales" are a longstanding genre of English folklore that center on the eponymous "Jack" character, the most famous of which is "Jack and the Beanstalk". On this recording, Ray Hicks, a member of the significant tradition-bearing Hicks Family, tells several of these tales in their Appalachian incarnations.