The Doctor to the Dead
Grotesque Legends & Folk Tales of Old Charleston
Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2020]
Format: Book
Description: xxxiii, 206 pages ; 21 cm
""You ask for a story. I will tell you one, fact for fact and true for true...." So begins "Crook-Neck Dick," one of twenty-three stories in this beguiling collection of Charleston lore. Derived from African-American legends, these fables have entertained generations of Charlestonians with sheer storytelling magic. To the delight of folklorists, students of Charleston history, and all those who love a good ghost story, this treasury returns to print in a new edition featuring previously unpublished photos of the storytellers who shared these remarkable stories with John Bennett"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Folklore.
Folklore -- South Carolina -- Charleston.
Tales -- South Carolina -- Charleston.
African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Folklore.
Folklore -- South Carolina -- Charleston.
Tales -- South Carolina -- Charleston.
ISBN:
9781643361376
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures Folklore Ben | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures Folklore Ben | Edgewood | Nonfiction | In |
"First published in 1946 by Rinehart & Company: -- title page verso."