The Appalaches
or Talking Down a Hole
Novelist, song-writer, poet, Steven Cope presents us with one-thousand-and-one Appalaches, his name for these lively and original proverbs or aphorisms that express basic truths, often with humor, but always with great insight and a rapier-like intelligence. Readers may enjoy this book in small samples over many sittings, but only if they can resist devouring it cover-to-cover the first time it's opened.
Reviews for The Appalaches
Paul Prather --
“While I wouldn't attribute divine inspiration to Steven Cope's writing (any more than I would my own), these pithy sayings put me in mind of the Bible's proverbs; they're witty, dead-accurate, and thought-provoking. I can think of 1,001 reasons you should buy--and read--this book.”
From The Appalaches
157--Better to visit foolishness than to invite it into your home.
189--One should at least pretend to be less pretentious.
224--Teach a child who he is if you expect him to be somebody.
261--Weathermen are employed to misstate the obvious.
295--A stick is note a tree, though it be pasted with leaves.
364--Bacon and eggs do not come from the same cow.
418--A man can go home again, if the relatives haven't destroyed it.
724--The feeble jogger is heroic.
932--A show of religion is no different than any other show.
995--If more people drove sheep, there would be far fewer accidents.
© 2010, 71 pages, softcover; This book will be available from Amazon or directly from the publisher. To inquire about ordering a copy signed by the author, please e-mail info@stevenrcope.com