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Ghost Dogs of the South (Paperback)
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Ghost Dogs of the South (Paperback)
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Loot Price R415
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You Save R81 (16%)
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Award-winning husband-and-wife folklorists Randy Russell and Janet
Barnett have gone to the dogs. Digging deeply through the rich
field of Southern folklore, the authors have discovered that a
dog's devotion to its human does not always end at the grave. Dogs
can be as peculiar as people. Their relationship with humans is
complex. In story after story from Southern homes, there is strong
evidence that this relationship can extend beyond death. Do dogs
return from the other side to comfort and aid their human
companions? You bet your buried bones they do. In Ghost Dogs
of the South, you'll meet the following: A stray dog that warns
Kentucky coal miners of impending disaster; a literary critic of a
dog with the gift of speech; a dog-snatching mermaid on the
Mississippi River; a Tennessee dog that returns year after year to
go trick-or-treating; a pair of Georgia hounds that stumble upon an
enchanted woods; a girl whose pain is eased by the ghost of a
butterfly dog. Dog ghosts (dogs that have become ghosts), ghost
dogs (humans who return as ghosts in the shape of dogs), dogs that
see ghosts, dogs that are afraid of ghosts—all make an appearance
in these twenty stories that illuminate the shadow side of man's
best friend. For several years, folklorists Randy Russell and Janet
Barnett have taught a course about Southern folklore at the North
Carolina Center for Advancement of Teaching in Cullowhee, North
Carolina. Russell is also the author of several mysteries,
including Edgar Award nominee Hot Wire.They live in Asheville,
North Carolina. "Alternately eerie, funny, tragic and sentimental .
. . These tales will undoubtedly delight dog lovers and will not
fail to charm even the most dour skeptics of supernatural
phenomena." —Publishers Weekly
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