Jimmy Smith

For the first time in paperback, an acclaimed look at the American South through the lenses of its most acclaimed storytellers and their tales.
Rarely does a nonfiction work come along that is as original and refreshing as Sitting Up with the Dead. Here, take a ride with Pamela Petro as she embarks on a series of road trips through the states of the Old South to collect its stories and meet its tellers of traditional tales. Some of...