| Description |
1 online resource (lxix, 367 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Note |
Includes Congaree sketches (1927) and Nigger to nigger (1928). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages lxv-lxix). |
| Contents |
Congaree sketches. Big swamps of the Congaree -- Hopkins nigger -- Jonas -- A freshet on the Congaree -- Hell fire -- Rattlesnake -- Sunning on the golden stairs -- Judge Foolbird -- Old Sister -- Old Sister's friends -- Old Sister in heaven -- Old Sister in hell -- Settin' up -- Little old man on the gray mule -- Lake of the dead -- Aunt Dinah's cat -- Murder vs. liquor -- Old Dictodemus -- Jeff's funeral sermon -- Fragment of a Negro sermon -- His day is done -- Ole man Rogan -- Big Charleston -- Yellow crane -- White folks is white folks -- Wild goose nest -- Transmigration -- Belton's spirit -- Animal court -- Ole man Tooga's chile -- Fine my chile -- Purtty little folks -- Falling star -- Jay-birds -- Jack-ma-lantern -- Ole man Rouse -- If you want to find Jesus -- Ghosts of Elm Savannah -- Crow -- Primus -- Jumping-gut -- Cazenova -- Spirit dogs and barking snakes -- Death owl -- De law got Simon -- A fool nigger -- Two ducks -- Mule and the ox -- That quart kept on beckoning me -- Don't 'sturb a houn' -- Don't you play wid married wimmens -- Tad's advice to his son -- Old Sister's advice to her daughter -- Jesus had trouble all over the world. |
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Nigger to nigger. The swamps. Evil sperrits -- Swamps -- Lonesome hunter -- King buzzard -- An escaped convict -- Goose pond -- Bannister Bridge. |
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Nigger to nigger. Nigger to nigger. Big Annie -- A yellow bastard -- Joe -- A prison -- Hawk and the rooster -- Mensa -- Magic -- Jazy -- Turkey hunt -- Old lady Beck -- Red -- Just one time to die -- Becky -- Savage -- Ruint -- Edecation -- Darlay -- Brass ankles -- A peacemaker -- Death of a turkey hunter -- Lula -- Old man Jim Kinkade -- Water hole -- Pick -- Sweet chile -- Drug up -- Tough. |
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Nigger to nigger. White folks. Thirteen years -- Telephone call -- A damn nigger -- Lynchers -- A bottle of liquor -- Old mammy -- A good looking man -- Three doctors -- A fisherman -- Land rent -- Loyalty -- They oughter had a sign on it -- How to kill an owl -- Ventriloquist -- Courts -- Ain't never own niggers -- Fundamentals -- Tomper's song. |
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Nigger to nigger. Ghosts and angels. Old Moccasin's ghost -- Ghost of White Hall -- Angel of Cow Pen Lake -- Smokehouse angel -- Tyu's angel. |
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Nigger to nigger. Bur Rabbit. Bur Rabbit in Red Hill churchyard -- Bur Jonas' goat -- Rat -- Dance of the little animals -- Spider and the rabbit -- A roost on the rim of the moon -- Frog and the snake -- Monkey and the elephant -- 'Gators and snakes -- Bell-ringing rat -- Cootas -- A jay bird thief. |
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Nigger to nigger. Preachers. Allen's idea of preachers -- A bit of correspondence -- Two prayers -- God -- Virgins -- Old Brother tries to enter heaven -- Harps of God -- Converted -- Bear fight. |
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Nigger to nigger. Slavery time. Gullah Joe -- A slave -- Old man Hildebrand -- Slave barn -- Wild river shore. |
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Nigger to nigger. Funerals. Silas -- Ain't no corn-bread there -- Sister Lucy -- Rejoice ye at dey goin' out -- Fragment of a funeral sermon -- Elizabeth Coleman -- She's at rest -- Funeral of a brother -- She sleeps on a hillside -- Galloping hosts of heaven. |
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Appendixes. Carolina wilderness -- Potee's gal. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
Tales of the Congaree. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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African Americans -- Literary collections.
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African Americans. |
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Literary collections.
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African Americans -- Folklore -- Literary collections.
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African Americans -- Folklore. |
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Congaree Swamp (S.C.) -- Literary collections.
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South Carolina -- Literary collections.
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South Carolina. |
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Slavery -- Literary collections.
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Slavery. |
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Electronic books.
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Novels.
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Novels.
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Literature.
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Literature.
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| Added Author |
O'Meally, Robert G., 1948-
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Adams, Edward C. L. (Edward Clarkson Leverett), 1876-1946.
Nigger to nigger.
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| Added Title |
Congaree sketches
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Adams, Edward C.L. (Edward Clarkson Leverett), 1876-1946. Congaree sketches. Tales of the Congaree 9780807817094 (DLC) 86030912 (OCoLC)15107944 |
| ISBN |
9781469616179 (electronic book) |
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1469616173 (electronic book) |
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9781469616186 (electronic book) |
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1469616181 (electronic book) |
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0807817090 |
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9780807817094 |
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0807841889 |
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9780807841884 |
