This book fills the long-felt need for an organized collection of scholarly studies in American folklore.

This lively reader traces the search for American tradition and national identity through folklore and folklife from the 19th century to the present. Through an

Since 1934 the Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin has been a respected source on the wonderfully diverse history and traditions of the Volunteer State, but unt

To Carolyn Brown s mind, the tall tale is not necessarily an account of the adventures of a larger-than-life hero, nor is it just a humorous first-person narrat