Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Map of the American South
The Prologue
JOURNEY 1
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
JOURNEY 2
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
JOURNEY 3
RAY’S TALE
JOURNEY 4
OLLIE’S TALE
KATHRYN’S TALE
The Grandfather Tales
DAVID JOE’S TALE
The Peddler Man
KAREN’S TALE
Rosie 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
Keep Reading
Index of Stories/Storytellers
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Also by the Author
About the Publisher
