"Robert Johnson was born in rural Mississippi and died young, leaving little behind except blues like no one sung the blues before him. A legend says that Robert sold his soul to the devil in return for becoming King of the Delta Blues."--From source other than the Library of Congress
Black Cat Bone
Should she believe in Mama Do-Right and the power of her magical black cat bone and dream travel to find her father, or walk away knowing she may never see him again?
Robert Johnson was born in rural Mississippi and died young, leaving little behind except blues like no one sung the blues before him. A legend says that Robert sold his soul to the devil in return for becoming King of the Delta Blues.
Johnson, Charles S. Growing Up in the Black Belt. New York: Shocken Books, 1965. ... Lomax, Alan. Mister Jelly Roll: The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole, and “Inventor of Jazz.” New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1950.
Candle Game: Black Cat Bone: Dark Visions and Nightmares
Comprehensive book on Hoodoo Magic.
Jake McGowan-Lowe is a boy with a very unusual hobby.
A little black cat watches the antics of three skeletons sledding in the snow.
In her new book Superstition, Sally Coulthard explores the history and background of 50 of these fascinating cultural behaviours, how they affected our everyday, and how many of these beliefs still permeate modern life.
"[O]riginally published in magazine form as Spider-Man/Black Cat: the evil men do, #1-6." -- p. [2] of cover.