Ray Hicks: Master Storyteller of the Blue Ridge - Paperbackby Robert Isbell (Author) Ray Hicks, 78, the famous teller of Appalachian Jack Tales, is one of America's best loved storytellers. In this book he shares a different kind of story, a chronicle of his family's experiences in the remote section of the North Carolina mountains where they have lived for more than 200 years. The pioneers who settled Beech Mountain were a God fearing people who cherished the stories, the songs, and the ways of their