Pamela Petro

Sitting Up With the Dead: A Storied Journey Through the American South


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      The author and the publishers of this work would like to express their gratitude to the following: Louisiana State University Press for permission to quote from Black Shawl by Kathryn Stripling Byer (Copyright © 1998 by Kathryn Stripling Byer); Copper Canyon Press for permission to quote from Deepstep Come Shining by CD. Wright; Vintage Press for permission to quote from North Toward Home by Willie Morris; J.M. Dent and Sons for permission to quote from ‘Eheu Fugaces’ from Collected Poems 1945–1990 by R.S. Thomas; and Universal Music Publishing Ltd for kind permission to quote lyrics from ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ (King/Vanzant/Rossington). Although we have tried to trace and contact all copyright holders before publication this has not been possible in every case. If notified, the publisher will be pleased to make any necessary emendations at the earliest opportunity.

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      First published by Flamingo 2001

      Copyright © Pamela Petro 2001

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      Source ISBN: 9780007292295

      Ebook Edition © FEBRUARY 2016 ISBN: 9780007391073

      Version: 2016-02-17

      For Marguerite Itamar Harrison,

       who introduced me to the American South

       and the Southern Hemisphere.

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Ross and Anna

       JOURNEY 2

       VERONICA’S TALE

       A Polar Bear’s Bar-be-cue

       Taily Po

       KWAME’S TALE

       The Story of the Girl and the Fish

       ALICE’S TALE

       CORNELIA’S TALE

       The Plat-eye

       FOUCHENA’S TALE

       The Flying Africans

       MINERVA’S TALE

       TOM’S TALE

       The Story of Lavinia Fisher

       JOURNEY 3

       RAY’S TALE

       JOURNEY 4