Description
Reed Scarbrough and Associates, Published 1988. Wraps, 100 pp.; 22 cm; photographs of Tennessee place-name signs on both covers.
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Condition & notes
In Very Good condition. Tan pictorial paper covers with brown lettering on front and spine. Mild shelf and edge wear, with some toning to top edge and spine and light soiling to covers. Small nick at top of rear cover near the spine and a small nick at foot of spine. Binding tight, staple bound, with light rust at the staples. Crease to lower corner of pp. 7-8. Interior pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Self-published collection of Tennessee humor that gives every county a tall tale. Entries are keyed to real towns and communities with improbable names (Bugscuffle, Only, Nameless, Dull, Frog Level, Punkin Center), each followed by its county and that county's namesake, then a tall tale credited to a contributor, many under pen names such as Opie Littleton, Fancy Frog and Ball Point. The count covers all 95 counties plus five "never put on record." Part Two gathers readers' jokes, riddles, ghost stories and poems by subject, including a section on Grinders Switch and Graceland; Part Three is the author's defense of collecting old jokes, quoting Bennett Cerf. Covers reproduce photographs of a dozen Tennessee place-name signs. Includes a reprinted 1988 Associated Press item and a quip about Governor McWherter. Contents: List of Tall Tale Towns; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Part 1: Tennessee Tall Tales and Fabulous Facts; Part 2: The Tennessee People's Choice of Golfing Jokes, Baseball Jokes, Football Jokes, Fishing Jokes, Hunting Jokes, Change of Pace Section, Ghost Stories, Sheep's Talk in Wolf's Clothing, Word Fun, Funny, Fantastic Poems, Riddles, Fun Problems, Country: Grinders Switch and Graceland, Favorite Jokes; Part 3: Important Message.