Author : Charles Neely
Release : 1998-05-28
Genre : Fiction
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Tales and Songs of Southern Illinois - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tales and Songs of Southern Illinois write by Charles Neely. This book was released on 1998-05-28. Tales and Songs of Southern Illinois available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First published in 1938, this lively collection of over 150 tales and songs runs the gamut from joy to woe, from horror to humor. In forming the collection, Charles Neely required only that the tales and songs—whether home grown or transplanted from the great body of world lore— had taken root somehow in the area of southern Illinois known as Egypt. Notable tales include "Bones in the Well," "A Visit from Jesse James," "The Flight of the Naked Teamsters," "The Dug Hill Boger," and "How Death Came to Ireland"; among the songs and ballads are "Barbara Allen," "Hog and Hominy," "The Drunkard’s Lone Child," "The Belleville Convent Fire," "Shawneetown Flood," and "The Death of Charlie Burger."