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Gumbo Ya-Ya: A Collection of Louisiana Folk Tales | 
 enlarge | Authors: Lyle Saxon, Edward Dreyer
Creator: Robert Tallant
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 231756
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st pbk. ed
Pages: 581
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.8 x 1.5
ISBN: 0882896458
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.209763
EAN: 9780882896458
ASIN: 0882896458
Publication Date: May 1987
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Product Description
The living folklore of Louisiana returns in this new edition of the classic long considered the finest collection of Louisiana folk tales and customs ever chronicled. A charming look at the legends and practices of the bayou country, especially New Orleans, Gumbo Ya-Ya has endured as a classic in its genre.
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 Gumbo Ya-Ya is excellent! February 1, 2008
Texan d'Acadien (I live here)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Gumbo Ya-Ya is an excellent read. Learn more about the Cajun and Creole cultures by reading the stories contained within this treasure. An excellent reference to hand down to your children.
 Gumbo Ya-Ya March 10, 2006
C. Defourneaux
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I first saw this book when I was a kid. I am a native of New Orleans. I was always facinated by the old Cajun remedies for various ailments, like roasted rat for bed wetting. We have since purchased 2 copies to give to friends and family. We still have the original hard cover, which was my mother's.
Very Enjoyable August 28, 2001
apoem (Bosque Farms, NM USA)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you enjoy reading about Louisiana history- this book is great. The stories lead you through a Louisiana that you might never know if you didn't read this book.
The essential history of Southeastern Louisiana.... June 17, 1998
Sean G. Reed (Nowhere in Particular)
34 out of 34 found this review helpful
When I was a child, a trip to the local library always meant a romp through the "Local Interest" section. I have always been enamored of the area that I grew up in. From hearing the stories of "loup garous" (werewolves) in the swamp to the tales of Jean Lafitte's pirate bands running amok in the swamps from my grandparents and great-grandparents, I came to appreciate the rich and diverse cultural history of the area. Gumbo Ya-Ya was always the book that fascinated me the most. The copy in our local Carnegie library was a first printing, replete with photos and art enough that you could simply look at the pictures and appreciate it (which is actually what I did the first few times). Once I started reading, however, the stories that unfolded before me only made my fascination and appreciation go thru the roof. To be able to walk the streets of New Orleans with my many friends not from the area and enlighten them on the various landmarks and stories is a delight in itself. Although I now reside in Mobile, Al, a trip to the city of my birth always brings a childish gleem to my eye. I love nothing more than to pass on the historical facts and fictions (or are they?) of what I consider to be the most unique city in the US (and I've been to MANY). Even if you've never been to New Orleans, this book makes for entertaining and fascinating reading.
Excellent! Simply excellent! March 23, 1998
ashlynn@paganism.com (Ashlynn's Grove)
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
Originally published as part of the WPA's Louisiana Writer's Program, this charming book of Louisiana Folk Tales was a favorite book in my home while growing up. (So much so, that as a young adult I searched high and low for a copy to call my own. Imagine my delight to find that Amazon Books carries it!) While some in this age of "political correctness" might blanch at the phonetic rendering of the words of African-Americans in some of the stories; it should be remembered that this book attempts to replicate the actual speech patterns of the individuals interviewed. These same renderings are not generic and gives one the feel of actually being there, on a sultry Louisiana night, "rocking on the porch, ice-tea and fan in hand", being regaled by the stories of the "old-timers". In this delightful book you will find everything from "Cajun colloquialisms" to "The Mysterious Axeman's (sic) Jazz".
Or re-visit the songs of the street criers and capture the feel of a long ago "Dixieland funeral".
Explore the legend of Marie Laveau as well as the story of the saintly "Mother Shannon". Looking for ghost tales? or maybe the words to some old-time "Spirituals"? Then search no more! This book lives and breathes and I promise you, you will not forget it!
This review is dedicated to the late Col. Thomas Frith Bienvenu, at who's knee I learned to love the rich tapestry which is Louisiana!
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