Mountain Jack Tales

Jack is the universal folk hero and adventurer. In the words of Joseph Campbell, Jack is the "hero with thousand faces." Tales of Jack's adventures are as timeless as bedrock but as fresh as dawn in the Appalachian hills.

Whether Jack is outsmarting ogres, besting card sharks, wrestling with ornery witches, or even taking on Old Man Death himself, the planspoken hero's commonsense, goodness, and hill-country humor help him come out on top every time.

The voice of the storyteller in Gail Haley's Mountain Jack Tales belongs to Poppyseed. Poppyseed lives in the shadow of that indigo blue mountain in a neat little cabin past the crooked persimmon tree, and she is ready to spin her tales. Poppyseed is based on Gail Haley's grandmother who was a storyteller of Scottish, Irish, and German descent.