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Mules and men / Zora Neale Hurston ; preface by Franz Boas ; with a new foreword by Arnold Rampersad ; illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias.

Hurston, Zora Neale. (Author).

Summary:

A collection of African-American folklore, oral histories, sermons, and songs, dating back to the time of slavery.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0060916486
  • ISBN: 9780060916480
  • Physical Description: xxiii, 309 pages : illustrations, music ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: 1st Perennial Library ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Perennial Library, 1990.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: J.B. Lippincott, c1935.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-302).
Formatted Contents Note:
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.

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African Americans > Louisiana > Folklore.
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Vodou > Louisiana.
African Americans > Florida.
African Americans > Louisiana.
African Americans > Florida > Music.
African Americans > Louisiana > Music.
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Vodou.
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Genre:
Folklore.
Music.

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