Mid America Folklore

Includes material on interpretation methods and presentation of research.

This is a collection of American folklore from colonial times to the present.

Folklore as it comes from the mouths of living storytellers has a matchless authority and conviction. Richard Dorson, living for five months among the Indians, Finns, Canadiens, Cornishmen, lumberjacks, sailors, miners, and sagamen of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, has listened to their tales, which this book reproduces with all their native thunder and salt. Rooted deep in storytelling tradition, these tales hark back to the frontier and immigrant past of an America shaped by many peoples with extraordinary experiences.

Selection of tales, songs, riddles, proverbs and other items of folklore from seven regional cultures of the U.S.A.

Encyclopedia of American Folklore helps readers explore the topics, terms, themes, figures, and issues related to the folklore of the United States.

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.