Raw head, bloody bones : African-American tales of the supernatural / selected by Mary E. Lyons.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lyons, Mary E.

Hokanson, Lars, illustrator.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Folklore.

African Americans.

Tales--United States.

Tales.

United States.

Black people--Caribbean Area--Folklore.

Black people.

Caribbean Area.

Tales--Caribbean Area.

Folklore, Afro-American.

Blacks--Folklore.

Supernatural--Folklore.

Genre:

Folklore.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 88 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, [1991]

Summary:

Fifteen black and African-American tales of the supernatural from various states and several Caribbean countries. Includes commentary on black folklore in the New World.

Contents:

Gullah Goblins. The hag; The sea serpent; Plat-eye; Dead Aaron

Ghosts. The mermaid; The ghost and the watermelon; Duppy Ghost

Monsters. Bloody bones; The night doctor; The big worm; The three dogs

Superhumans. Raw Head, Devil, and the Barefoot Woman; Big sixteen; Uncle Monday; Little Bald-Headed.

Notes:

Illustrations by Lars Hokanson.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-88).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0069419337 :

0684193337

OCLC:

23355961