How and Why Stories (Classic Reprint) ~ Paperback ~ John C Branner

Excerpt from How and Why Stories These stories gave me so much pleasure when I was a child that I have written them down as nearly as I can recall them in the hope that they may interest other generations of children. I am often asked if they are African folk-lore stories brought to this country by the slaves: they are too clearly under the influence of biblical history to have had such an origin. The reader must not suppose that any irreverence is meant by the familiar references to "de good Lawd an' de Angel Gabriel." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.