Kathryn Tucker Windham

Accounts of ghostly and spiritual happenings in seven southern states.

Mrs. Windham examines intrinsic country values that she was brought up on, and gives us a true sense of the Southern temperament of that time. The story brings to life old superstitions like "If a grasshopper spits in your eye, you'll go blind" and the silly games children played to pass the time. We are transported to a simpler way of life where entertainment is the world around youfrom the doodle bugs that she and her friend Bessie Gray catch on spit-baited straws, to the decorated frog houses that they build with mud pies and lightning bug tails. This book is sure to please every nostalgic bone in your body.

"Nine autobiographical essays by a pioneering female journalist who became part social worker, part roving documentarian; well-known storyteller; playwright; and essayist on National Public Radio's All Things Considered--photographing and writing about the people and places that fascinated her"--Provided by publisher.

A man's lifelong love of books and reading overcomes the hurt of a childhood humilation in this touching true tale.

A guide to men's groups using ritual, myth, storytelling and poetry to create a supportive community