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Mules and Men

By: Zora Neale Hurston
Narrated by: Ruby Dee
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""Simply the most exciting book on black folklore and culture I have ever read."" --Roger D. Abrahams

Mules and Men is the first great collection of black America's folk world. In the 1930's, Zora Neale Hurston returned to her ""native village"" of Eatonville, Florida to record the oral histories, sermons and songs, dating back to the time of slavery, which she remembered hearing as a child. In her quest, she found herself and her history throughout these highly metaphorical folk-tales, ""big old lies,"" and the lyrical language of song. With this collection, Zora Neale Hurston has come to reveal'and preserve'a beautiful and important part of American culture.

Zora Neale Hurston (1901-1960) was a novelist, folklorist, anthropologist and playwright whose fictional and factual accounts of black heritage are unparalleled. She is also the author of Tell My Horse, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Dust Tracks on a Road, and Mule Bone.

Ruby Dee, a member of the Theatre Hall of Fame, starred on Broadway in the original productions of A Raisin in the Sun and Purlie Victorious, and was featured in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing. She is also an award-winning author and the producer of numerous television dramas.

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Well worth the listen Ruby Dee is amazing and the stories are an insightful and delightful look into African American culture. Read/hear more of Zora Hurston's writing. You'll learn something new every time.

Great book!

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Great narration. The stories remind me of my uncles and aunts. Very entertaining. Excellent writing. Highly recommend! Big Ben Sixteen my favorite!

Incredible Stories

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Ruby Dee is awesome and brought great life to this already interesting story. This book brought a new understanding of the purpose and strength of Black folklore...it beautifully unveiled vodou and its practices.

Black Folklore

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I laughed and cried. I was fully absorbed in the narrative and in absolute admiration of the author.

Breathtaking

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this book was entertaining and offered a real glimpse into the past. Hurston set high standards for the next generations of anthropologists.

an excellent work by an amazing anthropologist!

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