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Title	A treasury of American folklore : stories, ballads, and traditions of the people / edited by B.A. Botkin ; with a foreword by Carl Sandburg.
Publication Info.	Guilford, Connecticut : Globe Pequot, [2016]
	National Book Network

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 3	398 T	IN LIBRARY

Description	xxvii, 932 pages : music ; 24 cm
Note	Originally published: 1944.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Backwoods boasters -- Pseudo bad men -- Killers -- Free lances -- Miracles men -- Patron saints -- Tall talk -- The sky's the limit -- Local cracks and slams -- Pranks and tricks -- Humorous anecdotes and jests -- Yarns and tall tales -- From the liars' bench -- Animal tales -- Nursery tales -- Witch tales -- Ghost tales -- Devil tales -- Queer tales -- Play rhymes and catch colloquies -- Singing and play-party games -- Ballads and songs.
Subject	Folklore -- United States.
Added Author	Botkin, Benjamin Albert, 1901-1975, editor.
	Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967, author of foreword.
Added Title	American folklore
ISBN	149302535X (hardback)
	9781493025350 (hardback)

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