"AFFRILACHIAN"? A personal history -- Folktales from the briar patch -- Critters -- Possum and snake -- Why possum's tale is bare -- Frog and rabbit -- Fox and old man turtle -- Turtle wants to fly -- Why dog chases cat -- Look every which-a-way -- Hyena and the big cheese -- Spider and snake -- The sing -- Folks -- Three suitors -- Oh, John, no! -- No fishin' on Sunday -- Sistah Sarah Mae -- Spooks & haints -- No, I'm not! -- Jack and the old woman -- Zuri killed me -- A bedtime story
Summary
Folktales from the African American Appalachian tradition. Told by Lyn Ford, one of America's busiest touring storytellers. The power of Lyn's storytelling comes straight out of her family heritage, which is the content of this, her first book. Here she tells how she learned stories from her father and grandfather--and she includes many of the stories they told her
