American Negro Folktales Author:Richard M. Dorson A superb collection from the folktale repertoire of Black Americans. Includes well known stories of talking animals as well as supernatural accounts of specters and bogies to comical and satirical anecdotes and finally realistic reports of racial injustice.
Lively language and rich imagery. Dorson has included actual words of the narrators.
From animal and bird stories to protest narratives, from hoodoos and lying tales to preachers' sermons, and everywhere in between, fascinating reading.