Sitting up with the dead : a storied journey through the American South /
Petro, Pamela.
Sitting up with the dead : a storied journey through the American South / Pamela Petro. - New York : Arcade Publishing, 2017. - xxii, 414 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Includes index.
First Journey -- Akbar's Tale -- Tar Baby -- Colonel Rod's Tale -- The Mule Egg -- Vickie's Tale -- Rosehill's Tale -- The Kudzu's Tale -- Grandfather Creates Snake -- Orville's Tale -- Jack and the Varmints -- David's Tale -- Ross and Anna -- Second Journey -- Veronica's Tale -- A Polar Bear's Bar-Be-Cue -- Taily Po -- Kwame's Tale -- The Story of the Girl and the Fish -- Alice's Tale -- Cornelia's Tale -- The Plat-Eye -- Fouchena's Tale -- The Flying Africans -- Minerva's Tale -- Tom's Tale -- The Story of Lavinia Fisher -- Third Journey -- Ray's Tale -- Fourth Journey -- Ollie's Tale -- Kathryn's Tale -- The Grandfather Tales -- David Joe's Tale -- The Peddler Man -- Karen's Tale -- Rose and Charlie -- The Tale of the Farmer's Smart Daughter -- Oyo's Tale -- Mitch and Carla's Tale -- How My Grandma was Marked -- Wicked John -- The Bell Witch's Tale -- Annie's Tale -- Shug -- My First Experience with a Flush Commode -- Angela's Tale -- Rose Anne's Tale -- The Song in the Mist -- Granny Griffin's Tale -- The Dead Man.
Includes Jack the trickster, boo-bags and plat-eyes, ghosts, and singing turtles, an enchanting and entertaining collection of tales, culminating from the author.
1628727039 9781628727036
Tales--Southern States.
Storytellers--Southern States--Interviews.
Southern States--Social life and customs.
Southern States--Description and travel.
Sitting up with the dead : a storied journey through the American South / Pamela Petro. - New York : Arcade Publishing, 2017. - xxii, 414 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Includes index.
First Journey -- Akbar's Tale -- Tar Baby -- Colonel Rod's Tale -- The Mule Egg -- Vickie's Tale -- Rosehill's Tale -- The Kudzu's Tale -- Grandfather Creates Snake -- Orville's Tale -- Jack and the Varmints -- David's Tale -- Ross and Anna -- Second Journey -- Veronica's Tale -- A Polar Bear's Bar-Be-Cue -- Taily Po -- Kwame's Tale -- The Story of the Girl and the Fish -- Alice's Tale -- Cornelia's Tale -- The Plat-Eye -- Fouchena's Tale -- The Flying Africans -- Minerva's Tale -- Tom's Tale -- The Story of Lavinia Fisher -- Third Journey -- Ray's Tale -- Fourth Journey -- Ollie's Tale -- Kathryn's Tale -- The Grandfather Tales -- David Joe's Tale -- The Peddler Man -- Karen's Tale -- Rose and Charlie -- The Tale of the Farmer's Smart Daughter -- Oyo's Tale -- Mitch and Carla's Tale -- How My Grandma was Marked -- Wicked John -- The Bell Witch's Tale -- Annie's Tale -- Shug -- My First Experience with a Flush Commode -- Angela's Tale -- Rose Anne's Tale -- The Song in the Mist -- Granny Griffin's Tale -- The Dead Man.
Includes Jack the trickster, boo-bags and plat-eyes, ghosts, and singing turtles, an enchanting and entertaining collection of tales, culminating from the author.
1628727039 9781628727036
Tales--Southern States.
Storytellers--Southern States--Interviews.
Southern States--Social life and customs.
Southern States--Description and travel.