Ghost Dogs of the South by Randy Russell

Ghost Dogs of the South by Randy Russell

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.

Randy Russell is the author of five adult novels and two collections of short stories, all of which have received Edgar nominations. He and his wife, Janet Barnett, coauthored two volumes of Appalachian folklore as well as the bestselling Ghost Dogs of the South. Russell's debut young-adult novel, Dead Rules, will be released in June 2011 by HarperTeen. Russell gives ghost-lore presentations to large and small groups all across the South. He and his wife live in a little town near Asheville, North Carolina.

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ISBN 13	9780895872296
ISBN 10	0895872293
Title	Ghost Dogs of the South
Author	Randy Russell
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	John F. Blair, Publisher
Year published	2001-10-23
Number of pages	287
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