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Author : Jane Polley
Release : 1978
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis American Folklore and Legend by : Jane Polley
Download or read book American Folklore and Legend written by Jane Polley. This book was released on 1978. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated account presents an interesting history of folklore as well as a retelling of famous American legends.
Author : Richard M. Dorson
Release : 1974-08-12
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 260/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis America in Legend by : Richard M. Dorson
Download or read book America in Legend written by Richard M. Dorson. This book was released on 1974-08-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of American folklore from colonial times to the present.
Author : Richard M. Dorson
Release : 1986-02-22
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 731/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Handbook of American Folklore by : Richard M. Dorson
Download or read book Handbook of American Folklore written by Richard M. Dorson. This book was released on 1986-02-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes material on interpretation methods and presentation of research.
Author : Jan Harold Brunvand
Release : 2006-05-24
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 788/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis American Folklore by : Jan Harold Brunvand
Download or read book American Folklore written by Jan Harold Brunvand. This book was released on 2006-05-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains over 500 articles Ranging over foodways and folksongs, quiltmaking and computer lore, Pecos Bill, Butch Cassidy, and Elvis sightings, more than 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, and crafts; sports and holidays; tall tales and legendary figures; genres and forms; scholarly approaches and theories; regions and ethnic groups; performers and collectors; writers and scholars; religious beliefs and practices. The alphabetically arranged entries vary from concise definitions to detailed surveys, each accompanied by a brief, up-to-date bibliography. Special features *More than 2000 contributors *Over 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, crafts, and more *Alphabetically arranged *Entries accompanied by up-to-date bibliographies *Edited by America's best-known folklore authority
Author : B. A. Botkin
Release : 2016-10
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 350/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Treasury of American Folklore by : B. A. Botkin
Download or read book A Treasury of American Folklore written by B. A. Botkin. This book was released on 2016-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named by the Library of Congress in a 2012 exhibit as among the top "100 Books that Shaped America," this two-volume set contains 500 stories and 100 songs collected from the author's time as national folklore editor for the Federal Writer's Project (1938-39) as well as his work as archivist of folksongs at the Library of Congress. As Carl Sandburg writes in his foreword, "So here we have nothing less than an encyclopedia of the folklore of America. An encyclopedia is where you get up into box car numbers...besides giving you the company of nice, darnfool yarn spinners, it will give you something of the feel of American history, of the gloom chasers that moved many a good man who fought fire and flood, varmints and vermin, as region after region filled with settlers and homesteaders."
