John Bennett (1865-1956) was a novelist, artist,
essayist, and poet of international acclaim who played a
fundamental role in the Charleston Renaissance. His other books
include the beloved children's story Master Skylark: A Story of
Shakespeare's Time and The Treasure of Peyre Gaillard.
Julia Eichelberger is the Marybelle Higgins Howe
Professor of Southern Literature and an executive board member of
the Center for Study of Slavery at the College of Charleston in
South Carolina.
A collection of folk story, myth, drolleries, macabre unreason . . . old tales of death, mystery, bizarre incredibilities, diabolic influence, demanding ghosts, buried treasure, enchantments, miracles, visitations, and the dead that are not dead." —Kirkus Reviews
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