Crab Boy's Ghost : Gullah Folktales from Murrells Inlet's Brookgreen Gardens in the South Carolina Lowcountry

**Beware the Shrieking Droll !****Meet the restless spirit** of a young boy lost forever to a **fierce marsh creature**. Now he haunts the maze of Murrells Inlet marshes as a "droll," the wandering ghost of a child who has died an unnatural death.**Then enjoy** the antics of friendlier inhabitants of nearby Waccamaw swamp: Brother Frog, Brother Rabbit, and Brother Gator, each trying to outwit the other. __Please Note: This book (5000 words, five illustrations, plus a brief selection from another of Lynn Michelsohn's Lowcountry tales____) is a part of the **Tales from Brookgreen** Series. All of these charming Gullah folktales are included in Lynn Michelsohn's longer collection, **Tales from Brookgreen**, with its accounts of South Carolina ghosts and lovers, historical characters and mysterious visitors on historic Lowcountry rice plantations. The story, "Crab Boy's Ghost," also appears in the short collection, **Gullah Ghosts**.__**The Series, __Tales from Brookgree____n__:****Brookgreen Gardens** storytellers share history and folklore from Murrell Inlet's popular tourist attraction near Myrtle Beach in these collections of Folklore, Ghost Stories, and Gullah Folktales of the South Carolina Lowcountry.**The Storytellers:**Two "sixty-ish" Southern ladies serving as Hostesses at **Brookgreen Gardens** told these stories of the South Carolina Lowcountry to visitors during the middle of the Twentieth Century. Now, Lynn Michelsohn recounts them to a wider audience.**The Setting:Brookgreen Gardens**, a sculpture garden and wildlife preserve created in the 1930s by Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington from four historic Lowcountry rice plantations rich with folklore, displays American sculpture along its pathways winding through ancient live oaks draped with Spanish moss. **\* \* \* Amazon reviewers praise Lynn Michelsohn's Lowcountry series,__Tales from Brookgreen__ \* \* \***__"the perfect mix of history and folklore told in a lovely style"____"a vivid picture of the area and the people"____"a must read for history buffs, folklore lovers and those that just love to hear old stories"____"each of the stories are extremely well-written and make you feel like you're sitting there ... listening to the women speak their tales"____"the reader experiences the chapters as oral storytelling told in the voices of the women who passed the stories along"____"beautifully written stories by an author obviously familiar with the charm that is the Old South"____"I heartily recommend it to everybody!"__**Find more Lowcountry tales in . . .** ~ Books from Lynn Michelsohn's first series, **__Tales from Brookgreen__**:**__Lowcountry Ghosts__**--history, mystery, and romance from the South Carolina coast.**__Gullah Ghosts__**--tales from African-American Gullah culture in the Carolina Lowcountry.**__Tales from Brookgreen (The Complete Series)__**--history, folklore, and ghost stories from Brookgreen Gardens in the South Carolina Lowcountry.~ Additional short collections from Lynn Michelsohn's second series, **__More Tales from Brookgreen__:****__Lowcounry Hurricanes__**--stories of joy, tragedy, and survival. **__Lowcountry Confederates__**--Rebels, Yankees, and historic South Carolina rice plantations Beware the Shrieking Droll ! Meet the restless spirit of a young boy lost forever to a fierce marsh creature . Now he haunts the maze of Murrells Inlet marshes as a "droll," the wandering ghost of a child who has died an unnatural death. Then enjoy the antics of friendlier inhabitants of nearby Waccamaw swamp: Brother Frog, Brother Rabbit, and Brother Gator, each trying to outwit the other. Please Note: This book (5000 words, five illustrations, plus a brief selection from another of Lynn Michelsohn's Lowcountry tales ) is a part of the Tales from Brookgreen Series. All of these charming Gullah folktales are included in Lynn Michelsohn's longer collection, Tales from Brookgreen , with its accounts of South Carolina ghosts and lovers, historical characters and mysterious visitors on historic Lowcountry rice plantations. The story, "Crab Boy's Ghost," also appears in the short collection, Gullah Ghosts . The Series, Tales from Brookgree n : Brookgreen Gardens storytellers share history and folklore from Murrell Inlet's popular tourist attraction near Myrtle Beach in these collections of Folklore, Ghost Stories, and Gullah Folktales of the South Carolina Lowcountry. The Storytellers: Two "sixty-ish" Southern ladies serving as Hostesses at Brookgreen Gardens told these stories of the South Carolina Lowcountry to visitors during the middle of the Twentieth Century. Now, Lynn Michelsohn recounts them to a wider audience. The Setting: Brookgreen Gardens , a sculpture garden and wildlife preserve created in the 1930s by Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington from four historic Lowcountry rice plantations rich with folklore, displays American sculpture along its pathways winding through ancient live oaks draped with Spanish moss. * * * Amazon reviewers praise Lynn Michelsohn's Lowcountry series, Tales from Brookgreen * * * "the perfect mix of history and folklore told in a lovely style" "a vivid picture of the area and the people" "a must read for history buffs, folklore lovers and those that just love to hear old stories" "each of the stories are extremely well-written and make you feel like you're sitting there ... listening to the women speak their tales" "the reader experiences the chapters as oral storytelling told in the voices of the women who passed the stories along" "beautifully written stories by an author obviously familiar with the charm that is the Old South" "I heartily recommend it to everybody!" Find more Lowcountry tales in . . . ~ Books from Lynn Michelsohn's first series, Tales from Brookgreen : Lowcountry Ghosts --history, mystery, and romance from the South Carolina coast. Gullah Ghosts --tales from African-American Gullah culture in the Carolina Lowcountry. Tales from Brookgreen (The Complete Series) --history, folklore, and ghost stories from Brookgreen Gardens in the South Carolina Lowcountry. ~ Additional short collections from Lynn Michelsohn's second series, More Tales from Brookgreen : Lowcounry Hurricanes --stories of joy, tragedy, and survival. Lowcountry Confederates --Rebels, Yankees, and historic South Carolina rice plantations Beware the Shrieking Droll!Meet the restless spirit of a young boy lost forever to a fierce marsh creature. Now he haunts the maze of Murrells Inlet marshes as a "droll," the unhappy ghost of a child who has died an unnatural death.Then enjoy the antics of friendlier animal inhabitants of nearby Waccamaw swamp: Brother Frog, Brother Rabbit, and Brother Gator, each trying to outwit the other.This selection of four charming African American Gullah folktales (5,000 words, five illustrations, 56 pages in paperback) comes from Lynn Michelsohn's longer collection, "Tales from Brookgreen," stories of ghosts and lovers, historical characters and mysterious visitors in the historic rice plantations of the South Carolina Lowcountry near Myrtle Beach. The story of Crab Boy also appears in "Gullah Ghosts." rice plantation,gullah culture,brookgreen gardens,myrtle beach travel,african american folklore,charleston ghost story,gullah folktale,lowcountry ghost story,murrells inlet folktale,south carolina ghost story Beware the Shrieking Droll-- the wandering ghost of a child lost forever to a fierce marsh creature! Then enjoy the antics of friendlier Lowcountry spirits from nearby Waccamaw Swamp as Brother Frog, Brother Rabbit, and Brother Gator each try to outwit the others. These four charming Gullah folktales come from the African American Gullah culture once so alive on the historic rice plantations making up Brookgreen Gardens, a popular Murrells Inlet tourist attraction in the Lowcountry near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina