Ghost Cats of the South
Randy Russell

John F. Blair, Publisher
978-0-89587-360-6
$19.95 hardcover
5 x 8  
265 pages, black-and-white photographs
Published in 2008
Children/Young Adult, Folklore/Ghosts, Gift & Holiday

Award-winning “ghostlorist” Randy Russell admits to being flummoxed by cats. Some cats will give you whisker kisses or sit with you when you’re sick. Others will invite you to rub them, then take a swipe at you, claws out. Some might do any of the above, depending on which way the wind is blowing.

Visits from departed pets are easily the most common ghost experiences. And cats refuse to be left out of most anything.

Ghost Cats of the South reveals that felines’ beloved complexity continues well beyond the grave.

Inside, you’ll meet the following:

• A cat smelling of chicken soup that saves a pair of street musicians in Kentucky

• A face-hungry Mississippi cat that inhabits the seats of a vintage 1956 Chevy Bel Air

• A porcelain cat that inspires girls at a North Carolina summer camp to reveal cherished secrets

• A South Carolina feline that becomes part of a batch of moonshine

• A piano-playing cat that fulfills the Thanksgiving wish of a Georgia grocery-store magnate

• A soot-covered Louisiana cat whose fiery mission is to enforce a no-smoking ban

• A Virginia cat that must get its owner his glasses before his coffin is sealed

Good ghost kitties, bad ghost kitties, ghost kitties in their many manifestations and moods—you’ll meet them all in these 22 stories that the cats dragged in.

Reviews

“The first thing that grabbed me was the cover. Something about the cats with their incredible eyes made me have to have it. I just love Randy Russell’s charming, insightful book, as will anyone who shares in the joys of having pets.”
Joanna Cassidy, star of Blade Runner and Six Feet Under

Links

Download the Press Release

Visit Randy Russell's website at http://www.ghostfolk.com/

More ghost titles from Randy Russell, with Janet Barnett:
Ghost Dogs of the South
The Granny Curse and Other Ghosts and Legends from East Tennessee
Mountain Ghost Stories and Curious Tales of Western North Carolina