Table of Contents

The goophered grapevine -- Po' Sandy -- Mars Jeem's nightmare -- The conjurer's revenge -- Sis' Becky's pickanniny -- The gray wolf's ha'nt -- Hog-foot Hannibal -- Dave's neckliss -- The wife of his youth -- Her Virginia mammy -- The sheriff's children -- A matter of principle -- Cicely's dream -- The passing of grandison -- Uncle Wellington's wives -- The bouquet -- The web of circumstance -- Baxter's procrustes.

About the Author

William L. Andrews is E. Maynard Adams Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of To Tell a Free Story and editor or coeditor of more than thirty books on African American literature.