Williamsburg Regional Library

American folktales, from the collections of the Library of Congress, Carl Lindahl, editor ; foreword by Peggy A. Bulger

eng

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

contains biographical information

illustrations

index present

non fiction

American folktales

bibliography

Carl Lindahl, editor ; foreword by Peggy A. Bulger

from the collections of the Library of Congress

Publisher's description: This two-volume collection of folktales represents some of the finest examples of American oral tradition. Drawn from the largest archive of American folk culture, The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, the first-of-its-kind set includes magic tales, legends, jokes, tall tales, and personal narratives -- over 200 in all, many of which have never been previously transcribed or published. Eminent folklorist and award-winning author Carl Lindahl selected and transcribed over 200 recording sessions -- many from the 1920s and 1930s -- that span the twentieth century, including recent material drawn from the September 11th project. This varied collection is organized in chapters by storyteller, tale type, or region, representing diverse American cultures from Appalachia and the Midwest to Native American and Latino traditions. Each chapter begins by discussing the storytellers and their oral traditions, and then introduces and presents each tale, so that the collection is equally accessible to high school students, general readers, or scholars. Multiple indexes further aid in locating tales by motif and tale type, storyteller, and geographical origin

V.1: Nation's most celebrated storytelling family: Hickses and the Harmons: Samuel Harmon -- Maud Long -- Ray Hicks -- Sara Cleveland: Irish American tales from Brant Lake, New York -- J.D. Suggs: Itinerant master -- Joshua Alley: Down-east tales from Jonesport, Maine -- Will "Gillie" Gilchrist: Tales of injustice in the urban South -- Jane Muncy Fugate: Healing tales for a mountain child and troubled adults -- V. 2: Nation's most celebrated folklore collectors: John A. and Alan Lomax: Out west with John A. Lomax -- Down in the delta with Alan Lomax -- In prison and at home with "Clear Rock" -- Aunt Molly Jackson: Playing, courting, witches, ghosts, and lies -- On the range with J. Frank Dobie -- Legendary America -- Tall tale America -- Jokes -- Passing it on: Stories for children -- Voicing the past: Tales tracing the paths of American history: Native American visions

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American folk tales