Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales

Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales

Infobox Book
name = Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Frank Wakefield for "Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales"
author = Henry S. Whitehead
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cover_artist = Frank Wakefield
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Fantasy, Horror short story collection
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1944
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = xii, 394 pp
isbn = NA
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"Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales" is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author Henry S. Whitehead. It was released in 1944 and was his first book published by Arkham House. 1,559 copies were printed.

The stories for this volume were taken chiefly from the magazines "Weird Tales" and "Adventure".

Contents

"Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales" contains the following tales:

# "Henry S. Whitehead", by R.H. Barlow
# "Jumbee"
# "Cassius"
# "Black Tancrède"
# "The Shadows"
# "Sweet Grass"
# "The Black Beast"
# "Seven Turns in a Hangman's Rope"
# "The Tree-Man"
# "Passing of a God"
# "Mrs. Lorriquer"
# "Hill Drums"
# "The Projection of Armand Dubois"
# "The Lips"
# "The Fireplace"

References

*cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=8 | date=1989 | id=ISBN 1-55742-005-X
*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=27 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Joshi| first=S.T.| authorlink=S.T. Joshi | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=26-27 | date=1999 | id=ISBN 0-87054-176-5
*cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=51-52 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4


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