Howdy! I am going to be posting excerpts from 2 of Townsend Godsey's books today. These books are available for sale now--if you will e me privately, I'll send you the link to order them (I won't post it to list, for they are from our business website, which Greg designed. Since y'all are genealogists, the only other thing you'd be interested in there would be my library, which <bribe offered here> you can visit when you come to Taney Co. LOL). "Ozarks Mountain Folks--These Were the Last" is a "portfolio of photographs" taken by Townsend and his wife, Helen, with an introduction consisting of information regarding the lives of pioneers in the Ozarks. I've seen this book available in stores here in the Branson area, but haven't been able to find it either online or out of the immediate region. This particular edition was reprinted by the Godseys' grandsons in 1988; it was originally published in 1977 by the Godseys. "Ozarks Tall Tales: Not by a Jugfull", written with the pseudonym of Will Townsend, is a collection of jokes, short stories, and pranks pulled by hillbillies; it is similar in style to some of Vance Randolph's books, although I've not read any of the exact same things anywhere else. Townsend and Vance were friends, and it would be unusual for Townsend to NOT have a book with Vance's influence (or maybe it was the other way around?). As y'all know, any chance I get to share history and Ozarkian lore with you, I do. Neither book is indexed, but both are good reading for anyone interested in our history, not just genealogy. And I'm excited to have an opportunity to share these books with you. It is very hard to find books on the region like this anywhere but here in the area. This was one of the goals Greg and I had when we started diving head first into genealogy and history, making "unique to us hillbillies" stuff available to EVERYONE, not just folks who could here in person. Now, if I could just get some of Elmo Ingenthron's books... Vonda mailto:[email protected]