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Book/Printed Material The black border; Gullah stories of the Carolina coast : (with a glossary)

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Title

  • The black border; Gullah stories of the Carolina coast : (with a glossary)

Names

  • Gonzales, Ambrose Elliott, 1857-1926.
  • Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Columbia, S.C. : The State Company, 1922.

Contents

  • Noblesse oblige -- My maussuh -- An antemortem demise -- The lion of Lewisburg -- The lion killer -- Old Barney -- Billybedam -- A short cut to justice -- Sam Dickerson -- Simon the "squerril" hunter -- The "cunjuh" that came back -- The raccoon hunter -- The turkey hunter -- The 'gator hunter -- The "wiles that in the women are" -- A ricefield idyll -- The Dower House -- At the cross roads store -- Mingo the drill master -- Old Harrison -- A marriage of convenience -- The plat-eye -- Old Pickett -- The lost buck -- Jim Moultrie's divorce -- Buh alligettuh en' buh deer -- Buh hawss en' buh mule (a fable) -- Liss "bin eensult" -- The retort courteous - The cat was crazy -- A congaree water-color -- Waiting till the bridegrooms come -- A Gullah's tale of woe -- The doctor didn't "exceed" -- The lady couldn't "specify" -- A question of privilege -- Conductor Smith's dilemma -- One was taken-the other left -- Egg-zactly -- An interrupted offertory -- A flaw in the "eenditement" -- Old wine-new bottles -- A glossary of the Gullah -- The Tar-baby story, as told by Col. C.C. Jones and Joel Chandler Harris.

Headings

  • -  African Americans--South Carolina

Genre

  • Presentation copies (Provenance)--DLC

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  LAC ael 2021-12-10 update (2 cards)

Medium

  • 348 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E185.93.S7 G6
  • GR103 .G6
  • VI/1 Gonzales 1922 Copy 1 Inside cover says: “Woodrow Wilson from Ambrose E. Gonzales”.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 22018224

OCLC Number

  • 1020307

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Gonzales, Ambrose Elliott, and Woodrow Wilson Collection. The black border; Gullah stories of the Carolina coast: with a glossary. Columbia, S.C.: The State Company, 1922. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/22018224/.

APA citation style:

Gonzales, A. E. & Woodrow Wilson Collection. (1922) The black border; Gullah stories of the Carolina coast: with a glossary. Columbia, S.C.: The State Company. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/22018224/.

MLA citation style:

Gonzales, Ambrose Elliott, and Woodrow Wilson Collection. The black border; Gullah stories of the Carolina coast: with a glossary. Columbia, S.C.: The State Company, 1922. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/22018224/>.