The American storybag
By: Gerald Hausman
Publisher: Irie Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Bokeelia, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9781617201967
Subjects: Folklore; Ghosts
Other titles: A collection of tales
Description: "Stories of ghosts, demons, predators and wise old men and women who are often animal people that take the innocent in hand and lead them on the road to wisdom . This humorous and haunting collection is the voice of a lost America full of folk heroes fast fading from view"--Page 4 of cover.
Table of contents: title: Hero's way: A real life Goliath; title: The horse of the Navajo; title: Listener; title: Ishbish; title: The story of Terence Trueblood; title: Bimini Blue; title: On the road: Along came Bob Washington; title: The billboard at the end of the world; title: In and around Onawa, Iowa; title: From Esther with love and directions; title: The railroad oilfield cotton boll blues; title: Lady bug blues; title: Just for fun: Big fat Harry Toe; title: Time to call the dog; title: A tree frog named Houdini; title: One bright night; title: The parrot's scribe; title: Reflections: Three guys from Atlantic City; title: Just like Geronimo; title: My mother and my father; title: Open water swimming; title: The ancient itch; title: Out of this world: A visit to Cross Creek; title: Dead to the world; title: Man taken aboard UFO; title: Talking Adobe; title: Let's not tell anyone about this; title: To the Blue Mountains of Jamaica; title: Pirate breath; title: Moments of truth: Snail; title: Curandero; title: The greatest novelist to come out of Cuba; title: Tyger, tyger; title: A rose for Charley; title: Old Ben, Pam Snow and the blood of summer; title: Yarns and tales: Rattlesnake Pete, goiter healer; title: Sam; title: The biggest barracuda; title: The seventh bridle; title: Of lions and men; title: Discussion questions; title: Author interview / Judith S. McCue.