E. K. Means. E. K. Means

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066214531

Table of Contents

       Foreword.

       ILLUSTRATIONS

       The Late Figger Bush.

       Hoodoo Eyes.

       The Art of Enticing Labor.

       The Cruise of the Mud Hen.

       Two Sorry Sons of Sorrow.

       I “ALL DE WORL’ AM SAD AN’ DREARY.”

       II THE LONE WOLF.

       III THE SLEEPER WAKES.

       IV THE CONQUEST OF KERLERAC

       V TROUBLE’S TWIN.

       VI IN THE MASSACRE SWAMP.

       VII “GON’ER GIT THEM NIGGERS!”

       VIII MOB AND MUSIC.

       IX BACK TO THE OLD FOLKS.

       Monarch of the Manacle.

       All is Fair.

       I THE HORSE RACE.

       II SKIPPER’S FORM.

       III DEEP LAID PLANS.

       IV THE LAME SORREL.

       V NIGGER BLACKIE.

       VI BY THREE LENGTHS.

       VII DOPE.

       VIII DISASTER.

       IX ONE DOLLAR, ONE CENT, ONE WORM.

       X RATTLESNAKE.

       Hoodoo Face.

       I THE STRANGER.

       II “TOOK IN.”

       III FOURTEEN SWALLOWS.

       IV A PIPE OF ’BACKY.

       V AMONG THIEVES.

       VI THE TICKFALL TIGER STRIKES.

       VII GOING HOME.

       VIII THE HOODOO GIRL.

       IX DINNER GAZE SINGS.

       X HOME AGAIN.

       XI UP AGAINST IT.

       XII HITCH’S MOTHER.

       XIII THE HOODOO FACE.

       XIV SKEETER STARTS A BLAZE.

       XV COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE.

       XVI WITNESS FOR THE DEFENSE.

       XVII SMOKE OF BATTLE.

       XVIII THE HOODOO FACE SMILES.

Foreword.

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      The stories in this volume were written simply because of my interest in the stories themselves and because of a whimsical fondness for the people of that Race to whom God has given two supreme gifts—Music and Laughter.

      For the benefit of the curious, I may say that many of the incidents in these tales are true and many of the characters and places mentioned actually exist.

      The Hen-Scratch saloon derived its name from the fact that many of its colored habitués played “craps” on the ground under the chinaberry trees until the soil