All hell breaks loose when lumberjacks in a logging shanty become unhappy with the cook. A young man is terrorized by grave robbers and a frozen corpse. A renowned prankster is driven to distraction when he becomes convinced that his friend has placed a curse on his new car and a few young actors spice up the school Christmas concert after stealing some rum. These are a few of the situations and characters included in Garry Ferguson's, sometimes amusing, collection of short stories, many containing echoes from a disappearing Madawaska Valley oral tradition. A Shanty Cook And A Bag Of Flour The Trial Lyman's Barn Raising A Fearsome Night Grandpere's Unholy Cow In A Hurry The Scrapper A Dam' Good Worker Missing Leaning The Language A Horse Draw A Christmas Brouhaha Auction Fever Letters To The Farm Without A Wurduva Lie The Prayer Meeting Harv McCormack And The Rashnin' Board Underdogs Harv's Cursed Car Smartest Man In Renforth County Our Booyaw Lads The Road