Author: Benjamin Albert Botkin
Publisher:
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 776

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Author: Benjamin Albert Botkin
Publisher:
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 808

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Author: Benjamin Albert Botkin
Publisher: Crown
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 808

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More than 500 stories and more than 75 folk-songs, presenting the full cast of characters of the varied South-heroes like Patrick Henry, Davy Crockett, Sam Houston, Stonewall Jackson and the almost godlike Robert E. Lee; outlaws and pirates; poor whites, slaves, Cajuns, Gullahs, etc.

Author: Dee Dee Chainey
Publisher: Batsford Books
ISBN: 1849947406
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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An entertaining and enthralling collection of myths, tales and traditions surrounding our trees, woodlands and forests from around the world. From the dark, gnarled woodlands of the north, to the humid jungles of the southern lands, trees have captured humanity's imagination for millennia. Filled with primal gods and goddesses, dryads and the fairy tales of old, the forests still beckon to us, offering sanctuary, mystery and more than a little mischievous trickery. From insatiable cannibalistic children hewn from logs, to lumberjack lore, and the spine-chilling legend of Bloody Mary, there is much to be found between the branches. Come into the trees; witches, seductive spirits and big, bad wolves await you. With this book, Folklore Thursday aim to encourage a sense of belonging across all cultures by showing how much we all have in common.

Author: Benjamin Albert Botkin
Publisher:
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 776

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Author: B. A. Botkin
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
ISBN: 9781493025350
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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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."

Author: Benjamin Albert Botkin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 776

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Author: Outlet
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780517336489
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 646

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Author: Douglas Southall Freeman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 776

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Author: Louise Pound
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803287884
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268

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A new edition of the classic compilation of Nebraska lore and legend, first published in 1959, includes a selection of weather lore, superstitions, cave legends, superheroes, folk customs, hoaxes, a study of the use of dialect in folklore, and a critical analysis of the origins of American cowboy and folk songs. Reprint.