Alabama Folk Lore

Author : Wil Elrick
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467138010
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alabama Lore: The Choccolocco Monster, Huggin' Molly, the Lost Town of Cottonport and Other Mysterious Tales written by Wil Elrick and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alabama is a weird and wonderful place with a colorful history steeped in folk tales passed from generation to generation. Mysterious 1989 UFO sightings brought more than 4,000 visitors to the tiny town of Fyffe, population 1,300. Legends of the Alabama White Thang--an elusive, hairy creature with a shrill shriek--persisted in the state for a century. Just outside Huntsville's historic Maple Hill Cemetery lies an eerie playground where the ghosts of departed children are rumored to play in the dead of night. After hundreds of unexplained sightings, the town of Evergreen declared itself the Bigfoot Capital of Alabama. Join author Wil Elrick as he explores the history behind some of the Cotton State's favorite tales.

Author : Howard N. Martin
Publisher : Austin, Tex. : Encino Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths & Folktales of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians of Texas written by Howard N. Martin and published by Austin, Tex. : Encino Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of tribal mytology unique to this particular group of people.

Author : Carlos C. Drake
Publisher : Popular Press
ISBN 13 : 9780879721671
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Night with the Hants written by Carlos C. Drake and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume represents a good cross section of the folktales of Alabama, of all citizens from all parts of the state.

Author : Rickey Butch Walker
Publisher : Heart of Dixie Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781934610657
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Warrior Mountains Folklore written by Rickey Butch Walker and published by Heart of Dixie Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many years ago, Rickey Butch Walker took his tape recorder and camera and systematically began interviewing some of the oldest living descendants of the pioneer families of the Warrior Mountains of northwest Alabama. No price can be put on the stories that he recorded. He captured sanpshoots of Americana and family history that would have been lost forever. These historical sketches and photographs will be revered forever by the descendants of the families who lived on mountain farms in one of Alabama's most rugged back country. His down-to-earth style of writing is reminiscent of summer afternoons that I have spent in a front porch chair capitivated and fascinated by listening to the old timers telling of the old days and the old ways. My, the world has changed and maybe not for the better. - Lamar Marshall, Cultural Heritage Director, Wild South

Author : Michelle Smith
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625841256
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legends, Lore & True Tales of the Chattahoochee written by Michelle Smith and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chattahoochee Trace in southeast Alabama and west Georgia is steeped in Native, African and early American tradition--stories often deeply rooted in folklore. Unusual beasts such as the Kolowa, the Wampus Cat and even Bigfoot roam the area. Crossroads magic, hoodoo and Huggin' Molly make their homes in the storied region. The Native American trickster rabbit, the Nunnehi Cherokee watchers, the tales of the Indian mounds and the saga of Brookside Drive are forever etched in Chattahoochee lore. From the Creek wars to Indian removal and Sherman's March to the Sea, the legends of "the Hooch" have left an indelible mark on Georgia and Alabama. Join author Michelle Smith as she reveals many of the strange creatures and myths that sing "the Song of the Chattahoochee."

Author : Jack Solomon
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820316342
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghosts and Goosebumps written by Jack Solomon and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1994-03-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghosts and Goosebumps is a rich collection of folktales and superstitions that capture the oral traditions of central and southeastern Alabama. In its pages one can glimpse the long-lost horse-and-buggy times, when people sat up all night with the dead and dying, hoed and handpicked cotton, drew water from wells, and met the devil rather regularly. The book is divided into three parts--tales, superstitions, and slave narratives. The spirits of treasure-keepers, poltergeists, murderers and the murdered, wicked men and good-men-and-true float through the book's first section. Sue Peacock, for example, recalls seeing the ghost of her brother, and E.C. Nevin describes a mysterious light in a swamp. In other tales, reports of supernatural experiences are proved to be rationally explicable--Lee Wilson's devil in the cemetery turns out to be a cow and chains rattling near New Tabernacle Church in Coffee County belong not to specters but to hogs. The superstitions are arranged according to subject and include such topics as love and marriage, weather and the seasons, wish making, bad luck, signs, and portents. Anonymous tellers confide that it is bad luck to carry ashes out after dark, to let a locust holler in your hand, to rock an empty rocking chair, to let your fishing pole cross someone else's, or to have a two-dollar bill (unless one corner has been removed). The slave narratives, selected from the Works Progress Administration Folklore Collection, are substantial and yield a fascinating view of nineteenth century African-American folk life, replete with sillies and lazy men, preachers and witches, brave little boys, and reluctant bridegrooms. Although the times and places have changed, the spirit of the folk is unaltered. Taken together, these folktales are marvelously diverse--by turns fearsome, fantastical, witty, ribald, charmingly innocent--showing people from all backgrounds, their endless vices and occasional virtues, their hopes, fears, and loves.

Author : Beverly Crider
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625849273
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legends and Lore of Birmingham & Central Alabama written by Beverly Crider and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Jasper to Selma to Hoover, central Alabama is bursting at the seams with unique stories and legendary characters. Read about the Goat Man, the famous wandering traveler who wrestled a bear, narrowly avoided being lynched by the Ku Klux Klan, was pronounced dead and taken to the morgue and later became an ordained preacher. Learn the story of the Alabama White Thang, a seven-foot-tall creature covered in white hair that has appeared all over the region. Be charmed by Fred, the Rockford town dog that became everyone's best friend and had his fifteen minutes of fame on Animal Planet. Author Beverly Crider brings the most bizarre facets of the Alabama spirit to life with dozens of strange stories in central Alabama.

Author : Sarah Jane Turnbow Tackett
Publisher : Seacoast Pub Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781878561565
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alabama's Favorite Folk Tales written by Sarah Jane Turnbow Tackett and published by Seacoast Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 1997-09-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kelly Kazek
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614236356
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of Alabama written by Kelly Kazek and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-29 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alabama tales that have existed only in rumor, legend and lore are uncovered in this volume of strange, funny, far-fetched, unique and gripping stories from Muscle Shoals to Mobile. From Muscle Shoals to Montgomery to Mobile, there's just no place quite like Alabama. Take a journey off the beaten path through the Cotton State with author Kelly Kazek as she uncovers the stories that make Alabama one of a kind. Kazek, a longtime Alabama resident, unearths tales that have existed only in rumor, anecdote, legend and lore. This collection is packed with little-known stories of strange sites, like the world's largest Nehi bottle; curious critters, like the first monkey in space; and colorful characters, such as the outlaw Tom Clark. Whether funny, far-fetched, gripping or grisly, Forgotten Tales of Alabama is filled with stories you won't soon forget.

Author : Kathryn Tucker Windham
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817318429
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey written by Kathryn Tucker Windham and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This keepsake edition of the timeless bestseller Thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey by folklorists Kathryn Tucker Windham and Margaret Gillis Figh reproduces in facsimile the original hardcover version of a beloved classic.