Foundation Books Catalog

A Storyteller's Animal Stories
Duane Hutchinson, author
ISBN 0-934988-35-8
96 pages, softcover, published 1995, $6.95

Eighteen animal stories taken from oral history, personal experience and literature. Fine-tuned to be read aloud or retold to all ages.

Contents: Bear on the Lake; Bingo; Leo, the Lion; Lobo; Panther in Our Backyard; Walter and the Mountain Lion; Whooping Crane Named Bill; Old Mose; He Didn't Return; Man and the Snake; Birth Complications; Hoop Snakes; He Ate the Rattlesnake; I killed Them; Snake Stew?; Cream Sucking Snakes; Snake on My Shoulder; Milk for Two.

A Storyteller's Ghost Stories, Book 1
Duane Hutchinson, author
ISBN 0-934988-32-3
112 pages, softcover, published 1989, $9.95

Sixteen of the ghost stories collected and used by master storyteller, Duane Hutchinson. Most of the stories, including "The Ghost of Nebraska Wesleyan," originate in Nebraska and Iowa. Includes a photograph of Clara Urania Mills, the supposed Ghost of Nebraska Wesleyan.

Contents: Golden Arm; Ghost of the Lilac Perfume; Randy; Ghost of the Grandfather Clock; Child in a Nightshirt; Ghosts of the Temple Building; Ghost of Nebraska Wesleyan; Thank You for What You've Done; Ranch House Ghost; Meadow Lane; Ghost of Montecelli; Ghost Sighters at Supper; South Branch Book Club; A Case of Exorcism?; Schuyler Ghost; Ghost of the Moving Picture.

A Storyteller's Ghost Stories, Book 2
Duane Hutchinson, author
ISBN 0-934988-18-8
96 pages, softcover, published 1990, $9.95

Eighteen Nebraska and Iowa ghost stories collected and adapted for retelling by Hutchinson, a veteran storyteller, who has given over 12,000 programs since 1981.

Familiar legends like the "Booger Toe" and private experiences that have never been related outside of the original teller's immediate family are included.

Informants vary from teachers and students to farmers and a banker's wife. Hutchinson excluded stories from people who, as the storyteller says, "are too self-assured about what it all means and who have ready answers for all questions."

Contents: Old Man Greenslit; Ghost Cave; Bloody Legends; The Booger Toe; Hot Dog; That Closet; Go Get Somebody; Old John's Upstairs; Lock That Door; Rocking Horse; Scratchings; My Feet Are Freezing; I Never Do; My Baby; Maude's Mother; A Little Stucco House; Burial Grounds; Trouble Ahead.

". . . dandy stories from Nebraska and Iowa." -- Sunday Journal-Star

A Storyteller's Ghost Stories, Book 3
Duane Hutchinson, author
ISBN 0-934988-25-0
110 pages, softcover, published 1992, $6.95

Thirty-two ghost stories for telling from Nebraska, Iowa and elsewhere, collected and retold by regional storyteller Duane Hutchinson. The stories come from informants, folkore and literature.

Contents: Old Woman and the Coins; Mackenzie River; Ball of Fire; Botanist; Clubfoot; Council Bluffs; The Diary; Jimmie; Lights Out; Have a Ball; Ghost Hogs; Hermit; Man, Mommy!; Pool; Peeking Man; Loretto; Pound 613; Two Pinafores; Stay Back; Veterinarian; Waterloo Cold; Storm Window; Spittler; Preschoolers; White Glove; Railcrossing; Roca; Mom; Selleck; Slanted Doorway; Curandero; The Overcoat.

A Storyteller's Ghost Stories, Book 4
Duane Hutchinson, author
ISBN 0-93-4988-43-9
104 pages, trade paperback
published December 2004, $9.95

Thirty-seven unusual stories of ghosts and the paranormal drawn from family experiences, literature, oral tradition and strangers, make this fourth installment of ghost stories from noted storyteller Duane Hutchinson a "must have" book for anyone interested in tales from the Midwest, particularly Nebraska and Iowa.

Bily Brothers: Wood Carvers and Clock Makers
Duane Hutchinson, author
ISBN 0-934988-30-7
188 pages, softcover, photos, notes, bibliography, index, published 1993, $9.95

How did clock carving, the winter hobby of two bachelor farmers from Spillville, Iowa, evolve into a major tourist attraction by the 1920s that was mentioned in radio broadcasts, newspapers, and national publications such as the Christian Science Monitor?

Henry Ford once reportedly offered the Czech brothers one million dollars for their Transportation Clock, but they turned him down. They didn't want to break up the clock collection that continues to draw crowds to Spillville's Bily Clock Museum.

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