I'd Rather Have a Talking Frog: Tales from Johnson City

I'd Rather Have a Talking Frog is a book of Johnson City tales with a difference. Certainly there are ghost stories -- lots of them. But this volume also contains anecdotes, little-known facts, personal experiences, and historical sidelights not likely to be found in history books. These are told with humor and affection.

Within these pages, you'll read about:
-- Why some Indians, who decorated their faces for ceremonies, had to be careful when lighting their peace pipes.
-- A ghost who haunts a laundry room.
-- A hardy, frontier long hunter who weighed only 75 pounds.
-- A man who fathered a child at age 95.
-- The most unoriginal name for a Johnson City bank.
-- The ghost of a long hunter that haunts the Nolichucky River.
-- The surprising, real-life story behind the School of Health at East Tennessee State University.
-- The haunted rocking chair.
-- The ghost called "Edward" that haunts ETSU's Sigma Chi house.
-- The creepy spook which lurk sin the old stacks in the Sherrod Library at ETSU.
-- The man who claimed to have

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Told with humor and affection, these tales about Johnson City include ghost stories, anecdotes, little-known facts, personal experiences, and historical sidelights not likely to be found in history books.

Charles Edwin Price is the author of numerous books of folklore and mystery tales, including Diggin' Up Bones.