Legends of the Wild: Tales of North Florida

Legends of the Wild: Tales of North Florida is a collection of stories from the Big Bend region of the state. An authentic Florida Cracker, Saundra Gerrell Kelley spent much of her youth following in her grandfather’s footsteps, learning about the wild places he feared would soon disappear.

While some artistic license has been employed for the purposes of entertainment; all of these stories are experiential, and based either on fact or local legend known to the family. At one time Saundra Kelley lived less than three miles from Tate’s Hell and she grew up hearing the legend.  It was not until she got lost in that massive swamp while on a ramble, that she began to understand old Cebe Tate’s plight.

Currently a resident of Jonesborough, Tennessee, and a performing member of the Jonesborough Storytellers Guild, Kelley practices the ancient art of storytelling throughout the southeast.  Kelley graduated from Florida State University, and earned an MA in education with a storytelling concentration from East Tennessee State University.




Saundra Kelley is available for storytelling to both adults and children; lectures and readings. She tells legends, personal stories, folk & fairytales and stories with an environmental leaf-green twist.


Copies of “Legends of the Wild: Tales of North Florida,” are available at $12.00 each, and may be obtained by contacting Saundra Kelley at:
saundrakelley@hotmail.com

Cover photo by Patsy Causseaux Yawn