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In this first episode of the Water Folk Video Guide, shot along the banks of Tennessee’s Holston River, author John Hood discusses magical creatures associated with water — borrowed from Welsh, Spanish, Dutch, and Native American folklore — and the roles they play in the story.
In this video, shot at San Antonio’s iconic Alamo, author John Hood discusses the causes and effects of the Texas War of Independence and how the battles of San Jacinto and the Alamo are depicted in his historical-fantasy novel Water Folk.
In this video — shot at the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts — author John Hood talks about whaling, seafaring, and one of the central characters of Water Folk: the legendary Captain Alfred Bulltop Stormalong, otherwise known as Bull.
In this video — shot at the Etowah Indian Mounds in Bartow County, Georgia — author John Hood describes the indigenous cultures that built these massive mounds across North America and how they influence the plot of Water Folk.
In this episode, shot at Soldiers’ Home Cemetery in Washington, Water Folk author John Hood discusses the tremendous costs of going to war — in resources and in human lives — and why previous generations of Americans thought it wise to pay them.
Shot at Calumet Park, Illinois, this episode recounts tales of serpentine creatures in the Great Lakes as well as giant beasts from the folklore of American Indians and other cultures that author John Hood brought to the fantastical world of Water Folk.
Shot at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, this video describes in some detail the Mexican-American heroes, monsters, and legends that author John Hood included in his latest Folklore Cycle novel, Water Folk.
This video — shot at the Edgar Allen Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia — explores the early life of the famous writer and explains why John Hood decided to make Poe a character in his latest novel, alongside Davy Crockett and Sam Houston.
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