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Author	Hurston, Zora Neale.
Title	Mules and men / Zora Neale Hurston ; with a preface by Franz Boas ; a foreword by Arnold Rampersad ; an afterword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; and illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias.
Publisher	Pymble, NSW ; New York : HarperCollins e-books, 2008.
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Note	Originally published: J.B. Lippincott, ©1935.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-302).
Contents	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.
Access	Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK). Uk
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Subject	African Americans -- Louisiana -- Folklore.
	African Americans -- Florida -- Folklore.
	Tales -- Louisiana.
	Tales -- Florida.
	Vodou -- Louisiana.
	African Americans -- Florida.
	African Americans -- Louisiana.
	African Americans -- Florida -- Music.
	African Americans -- Louisiana -- Music.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology. bisacsh
	African Americans. fast
	Tales. fast
	Vodou. fast
	Florida. fast
	Louisiana. fast
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Folklore.
	Folklore. fast
	Music. fast
	Folklore. gsafd
	Electronic books.
	UK eLD e-books IeDuTC
ISBN	9780061578625 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
	0061578622 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
	9780061578632 (electronic bk. ; Mobipocket Reader)
	0061578630 (electronic bk. ; Mobipocket Reader)
	0060916486
	9780060916480
	9780061749872
	0061749877

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