The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
by Hamilton, VirginiaPub. Date: 1999-10-01
Publisher(s): Turtleback Books
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Summary
Retold African-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. ix |
| He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit, And Other Animal Tales | p. 3 |
| He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit | p. 5 |
| Doc Rabbit, Bruh Fox, and Tar Baby | p. 13 |
| Tappin, the Land Turtle | p. 20 |
| Bruh Alligator and Bruh Deer | p. 26 |
| Bruh Lizard and Bruh Rabbit | p. 31 |
| Bruh Alligator Meets Trouble | p. 35 |
| Wolf and Birds and the Fish-Horse | p. 43 |
| The Beautiful Girl of the Moon Tower, And Other Tales of the Real, Extravagant, and Fanciful | p. 51 |
| The Beautiful Girl of the Moon Tower | p. 53 |
| A Wolf and Little Daughter | p. 60 |
| Manuel Had a Riddle | p. 65 |
| Papa John's Tall Tale | p. 76 |
| The Two Johns | p. 81 |
| Wiley, His Mama, and the Hairy Man | p. 90 |
| John and the Devil's Daughter, And Other Tales of the Supernatural | p. 105 |
| John and the Devil's Daughter | p. 107 |
| The Peculiar Such Thing | p. 116 |
| Little Eight John | p. 121 |
| Jack and the Devil | p. 126 |
| Better Wait Till Martin Comes | p. 133 |
| Carrying the Running-Aways, And Other Slave Tales of Freedom | p. 139 |
| Carrying the Running-Aways | p. 141 |
| How Nehemiah Got Free | p. 147 |
| The Talking Cooter | p. 151 |
| The Riddle Tale of Freedom | p. 156 |
| The Most Useful Slave | p. 160 |
| The People Could Fly | p. 166 |
| Bibliography | p. 175 |
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