This annotated collection presents a unique corpus of over 400 traditional tales, collected by North America’s most distinguished scholar of Folk Studies. It includes anecdotes, historical and aetiological tales, legends , and tall tales. This book contains thirteen black and white photographs.
Winner of the 2010 Adele Mellen Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship in Folk Studies and Winner of the Katherine Briggs Book Award
Language
English
Pages
664
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Edwin Mellen Press
Release
January 01, 2010
ISBN
0773413235
ISBN 13
9780773413238
Folk Tales, Tall Tales, Trickster Tales, and Legends of the Supernatural from the Pinelands of New Jersey
This annotated collection presents a unique corpus of over 400 traditional tales, collected by North America’s most distinguished scholar of Folk Studies. It includes anecdotes, historical and aetiological tales, legends , and tall tales. This book contains thirteen black and white photographs.
Winner of the 2010 Adele Mellen Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship in Folk Studies and Winner of the Katherine Briggs Book Award