Blackgum Ag'in' Thunder. John Gayther
Blackgum Ag'in' Thunder is a short story by Frank R. Stockton about a man named Blackgum who lives in the woods and has a reputation for being able to control thunderstorms. The story follows his interactions with a group of hunters who are seeking shelter from a storm, and how he uses his powers to protect them.
By Frank R. Stockton · First published 1894 · Genre: Fiction, Short Stories, Adventure · 8,739 words
First lines
John Gayther and the Daughter of the House walked in the garden. The melons were ripe now, and it was a pleasure to push aside the coarse leaves and find beneath them the tropical-looking fruit with the pretty network tracery covering the gray-green rind. The grape-vines, too, were things of beauty, hanging full of great white, yellow, red, and purple clusters. The tomatoes gleamed scarlet and purple-red thickly among the plants. The cabbages had curled themselves up into compact heads that looked like big folded roses set in an open cluster of leaves. There were rows of green-leaved turnips, red-leaved beets, and feathery-leaved carrots. The ears were standing stiff in the corn rows.
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Blackgum Ag'in' Thunder. John Gayther is listed on Textopian as a novella by Frank R. Stockton, dated 1894 CE.
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- Work type: Novella
- Author: Frank R. Stockton
- Date: 1894 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Adventure, Humor, Historical
- Length: 8,739 words
- Structure: 1 section, 189 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Very Easy (5th Grade or below)
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Genres
- Fiction — The book is a work of imaginative narrative prose.
- Short Stories — The book consists of a collection of short stories.
- Adventure — The stories involve exciting and unusual experiences.
- Humor — The writing style includes elements of wit and comedy.
Tags
fiction · adventure · nature · Southern literature · coming of age · family · friendship · rural life · American culture · storytelling · humor · conflict