The doctor to the dead: grotesque legends and folk tales of Old Charleston

""You ask for a story. I will tell you one, fact for fact and true for true...." So begins "Crook-Neck Dick," one of twenty-three stories in this beguiling collection of Charleston lore.

Derived from African-American legends, these fables have entertained generations of Charlestonians with sheer storytelling magic.

To the delight of folklorists, students of Charleston history, and all those who love a good ghost story, this treasury returns to print in a new edition featuring previously unpublished photos of the storytellers who shared these remarkable stories with John Bennett"--.