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100 1 $aHaskins, James,$d1941-2005.
245 14 $aThe headless haunt and other African-American ghost stories /$ccollected and retold by James Haskins ; illustrated by Ben Otero.
250 $a1st Harper Trophy ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHarperTrophy,$c1995, ©1994.
300 $axii, 116 pages :$billustrations ;$c20 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aOriginally published: New York : HarperCollins, 1994.
500 $a"A Trophy chiller"--Cover.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 113-116).
520 $aA collection of ghost stories and anecdotes that are part of the folklore of African Americans.
505 0 $aIntroduction: Ain't I got to believe? -- What is a ghost?: Wait till Emmett comes -- Who can see ghosts?: It vanished like a shadow -- Deserted Village -- Little Nero and the magic tea cakes -- Ghost in black silk -- How to acquire the ability to see ghosts: Ghost log cabin -- Uncle Henry and the dog ghost -- Ghost in black silk -- Plat-eyes: Daddy and the plat-eye ghost -- Two boys and a plat-eye -- Sometimes they come in a whirlwind -- Night at Pickey's -- Strange all through -- Precautions to take when someone dies: Ghost of a jealous man -- Her husband's ghost -- Calvin Copley and the widow -- Saturday-night fiddler -- Ghosts and buried treasure: Treasure-hunting story -- Headless haunt -- I don't want to fool with no spirits -- Girl and the plat-eye -- Half-clad ghost -- Spirit of a friend -- Jack-o'-lantern tales: How Jack became a jack-o'-lantern -- End of hock -- Ghosts in the stetson -- Hold him, Tab -- Civil War ghosts: Ghosts of Cedar Creek -- Ghost of the Yankee soldier -- Ghost of a man the Yankees killed -- I see spirits -- Dead Aaron -- Protection against ghosts, spirits, and haunts.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$vFolklore.
650 0 $aGhost stories.
650 0 $aTales$zUnited States.
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650 1 $aFolklore$zUnited States.
650 1 $aGhosts$vFolklore.
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655 7 $aFolklore.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423784
700 1 $aOtero, Ben,$eillustrator.
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