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

Publication Info.	New York : Scribner's ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, [1991]
	©1991

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection	CH/YA Fic Lyons Raw 1991	Available	---		Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer.

Edition	1st ed.
Description	88 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-88).
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 (South Carolina Sea Islands) -- The sea serpent (South Carolina Sea Islands) -- Plat-eye (South Carolina Sea Islands) -- Dead Aaron (Charleston, South Carolina).
	Ghosts. The mermaid (Michigan) -- The ghost and the watermelon (South Carolina Sea Islands) -- Duppy ghost (Jamaica).
	Monsters. Bloody bones (Florida) -- The night doctor (Edisto Island, South Carolina) -- The big worm (Bahamas) -- The three dogs (Andros Island, Bahamas).
	Superhumans. Raw Head, devil, and the barefoot woman (Florida) -- Big Sixteen (South Carolina Sea Islands) -- Uncle Monday (Florida) -- Little Bald-Headed (Cape Verde Islands).
Provenance	Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer.
Subject	African Americans -- Folklore.
	African Americans -- Folklore.
	Tales -- United States.
	Tales.
	United States.
	Black people -- Caribbean Area -- Folklore.
	Black people.
	Caribbean Area.
Genre/Form	Folklore.
Subject	Tales -- Caribbean Area.
	African Americans.
Added Author	Lyons, Mary E.
Other Form:	Online version: Raw head, bloody bones. 1st ed. New York : Scribner's ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, ©1991 (OCoLC)607819834
ISBN	0069419337
	9780069419333