Gumbo Ya-Ya : a collection of Louisiana folk tales / compiled by Lyle Saxon, Edward Dreyer, Robert Tallant; drawings by Caroline Durieux.

With hard- and supercover

Index: pp. 575-581

Cont.: Kings, Baby Dolls, Zulus, and Queens -- Street Criers -- The Irish Channel -- Axeman's Jazz -- Saint Joseph's Day -- Saint Rosalia's Day -- Nickel Gig, Nickel Saddle -- The Creoles -- The Cajuns -- The Temple of Innocent Blood -- The Plantations -- The Slaves -- Buried Treasure -- Ghosts -- Crazah and the Glory Road -- Cemeteries -- Riverfront Lore -- Pailet Lane -- Mother Shannon -- The Sockserhause Gang -- Songs -- Chimney Sweeper's Holiday -- A Good Man is Hard to Find -- Who Killa Da Chief? -- Appendixes -- Superstitions -- Colloquialisms -- Customs -- Index.