A Collection Of African-american Folklore, Oral Histories, Sermons, And Songs, Dating Back To The Time Of Slavery. John And The Frog -- Witness Of The Johnstown Flood In Heaven -- How The Brother Was Called To Preach -- How The Preacher Made Them Bow Down -- Pa Henry's Prayer -- How The Church Came To Be Split Up -- Why Negroes Are Black -- Why Women Always Take Advantage Of Men -- Sue, Sal And That Pretty Johnson Gal -- The Quickest Trick -- How To Write A Letter -- A Fast Horse -- Ah'll Beatcher Makin' Money -- The Workinist Pill You Ever Seen -- How Jack Beat The Devil -- John Henry -- Ole Massa And John Who Wanted To Go To Heaven -- Massa And The Bear -- Why The Sister In Black Works The Hardest -- De Reason Niggers Is Working So Hard -- Deer Hunting Story -- Big Talk -- The First Colored Man In Massa's House -- What Smelled Worse -- The Fortune Teller -- How Negroes Got Their Freedom -- The Turtle Watch. From Pine To Pine Mr. Pinkney -- God An' De Devil In De Cemetery -- Praying For Rain -- Kill The White Folks -- Member Youse A Nigger -- You Think I'm Gointer Pay You But I Ain't -- Why The Mocking Bird Is Away On Friday -- Man And The Catfish -- How The Snake Got Poison -- How The Woodpecker Nearly Drowned The Whole World -- How The Possum Lost The Hair Off His Tail -- How The 'gator Got His Mouth -- How Brer 'gator Got His Tongue Worn Out -- How The 'gator Got Black -- How Brer Dog Lost His Beautiful Voice -- What The Rabbit Learned -- The Goat That Flagged A Train -- Shooting Up Hill -- Tall Hunting Story -- The Hawk And The Buzzard -- Why They Always Use Rawhide On A Mule -- Why We Have Gophers -- How God Made Butterflies -- How The Cat Got Nine Lives -- The Son Who Went To College -- Why The Waves Have Whitecaps. Zora Neale Hurston ; Preface By Franz Boas ; With A New Foreword By Arnold Rampersad ; Illustrations By Miguel Covarrubias. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 299-302).

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