NEW IN PAPER
“In Windham’s tales . . . myth and fact intertwine to present a picture of the South that is as true as any textbook.” —Paris Review
“Almost every town has its own ghostly legends. It’s separating fact from fiction and fantasy that requires someone of Mrs. Windham’s expertise.” —Huntsville Times
Kathryn Tucker Windham’s beloved Jeffrey stories, now available in paperback commemorative editions Jeffrey was the resident apparition in the Selma, Alabama, home of nationally known folklorist Kathryn Tucker Windham and the inspiration for Windham’s best selling collection of tales that reveal two hundred years of Alabama’s ghostly secrets. Generations of Alabama children and adults have been thrilled and chilled by Windham’s spectral legends. Now available in paper for the first time are keepsake editions of these timeless and beloved classics that include a new afterword by the author’s children. In Jeffrey’s Latest Thirteen: More Alabama Ghosts, Windham and Jeffrey journey across Alabama assembling a second collection of tales that repeat Windham’s winning combination of traditional folklore, Southern history and culture, and familyfriendly storytelling. In Jeffrey Introduces 13 More Southern Ghosts, Windham’s disembodied friend roams the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida to recall thirteen more timeless, spine-tingling tales of baneful and melancholy spirits that spook the most stoic heart. In Thirteen Tennessee Ghosts and Jeffrey, beloved and best selling folklorist Kathryn Tucker Windham presents a hair-raising collection of Tennessee’s eeriest ghost tales. Jeffrey and Windham travel from the mysterious muds of Memphis to the haunted hollows of east Tennessee to gather the spookiest collection of Volunteer State specters’ stories ever written. And in Thirteen Mississippi Ghosts and Jeffrey, Windham explores the phantoms that haunt the mortal inhabitants of the Magnolia State, including the ghost of Mrs. McEwen still wearing her beloved cameo pin and keeping a watchful eye over Featherston Place, her home in Holly Springs. Kathryn Tucker Windham grew up in Thomasville, Alabama, the youngest child in a large family of storytellers. She was a resident of Selma for many years and was foremost a newspaper reporter, using her research skills to gather stories. She was also a freelance writer, folklore collector, and photographer of the changing scenes of her native South. A nationally recognized storyteller and a regular fixture on Alabama Public Radio, her commentaries were also featured on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.”
26 Fall 2021
