04943cam a2200733 a 4500 mulesmen00hursrich CaSfIA 20250727235032.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 890515r19901935nyua ob 000 0 eng d 89045672 (OCoLC)1036768118 KU DLC UKM UOI BAKER YDXCP BTCTA AU@ CaSfIA GB93-69274 0060916486 : $8.95 ($11.95 Can.) 9780060916480 lccopycat n-us-la n-us-fl GR111.A47 H86 1990 398.2/09759 Hurston, Zora Neale. Mules and men / Zora Neale Hurston ; preface by Franz Boas ; with a new foreword by Arnold Rampersad ; illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. 1st Perennial Library ed. New York : Perennial Library, 1990. 1 online resource (xxiii, 309 pages : illustrations) Originally published: J.B. Lippincott, c1935. Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-302). John and the frog -- Witness of the Johnstown Flood in heaven -- How the brother was called to preach -- How the preacher made them bow down -- Pa Henry's prayer -- How the church came to be split up -- Why negroes are black -- Why women always take advantage of men -- Sue, Sal and that pretty Johnson gal -- The Quickest trick -- How to write a letter -- A Fast horse -- "Ah'll beatcher makin' money" -- The "Workinist pill you ever seen " -- How Jack beat the devil -- "John Henry" -- Ole Massa and John who wanted to go to heaven -- Massa and the bear -- Why the sister in black works the hardest -- "De reason niggers is working so hard" -- Deer hunting story -- Big talk -- The First colored man in Massa's house -- What smelled worse -- The Fortune teller -- How negroes got their freedom -- The Turtle watch. "From pine to pine Mr. Pinkney" -- "God an' de devil in de cemetery" -- Praying for rain -- Kill the white folks -- "Member youse a nigger" -- "You think I'm gointer pay you but I ain't -- Why the mocking bird is away on Friday -- Man and the catfish -- How the snake got poison -- How the woodpecker nearly drowned the whole world -- How the possum lost the hair off his tail -- How the 'gator got his mouth -- How Brer 'Gator got his tongue worn out -- How the 'gator got black -- How Brer dog lost his beautiful voice -- What the rabbit learned -- The goat that flagged a train -- Shooting up hill -- Tall hunting story -- The Hawk and the buzzard -- Why they always use rawhide on a mule -- Why we have gophers -- How god made butterflies -- How the cat got nine lives -- The Son who went to college -- Why the waves have whitecaps. African Americans Louisiana Folklore. African Americans Florida Folklore. Tales Louisiana. Tales Florida. Voodooism Louisiana. African Americans Florida. African Americans Louisiana. African Americans Florida Music. African Americans Louisiana Music. Folklore By Black persons United States Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc042/89045672.html https://archive.org/details/mulesmen00hursrich Free eBook from the Internet Archive https://openlibrary.org/books/OL2218691M Additional information and access via Open Library mulesmen00hursrich ark:/13960/t0qr59b6w