A Halloween tale straight from Hell for year round reading. It's the story of the mean spirited man named Jack whose despicable life resulted in the very first pumpkin being hollowed out, having a face carved into it, and a light placed inside. But it wasn't a pumpkin, it was a turnip. And it was not in the United States though that is where the first pumpkin was carved. The story starts with Jack and his little shack on the outskirts of Dublin in the 1800s. After causing a terrible carriage wreck by placing an invisible wire across the roadway that tripped four horses, ruined the carriage they were hauling, and injured the occupants; he sets off on his greatest adventure - to trick the Devil!