March 19, 2024
Rare BIG Folklore,Civil War,Uncle Remus,Plantation BOOK
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Rare BIG Folklore,Civil War,Uncle Remus,Plantation BOOK Item Description THE MOST COMPLETE Vintage AMERICANA FOLKLORE BOOK EVER! IT HAS MANY black slavery folklore STORIES. IN THE INDEX T ARE dozens OF LISTINGS OF BLACK AMERICANA and stories told in old slavery dialect. INCLUDING UNCLE REMUS AND several TAR BABY, BRER RABBIT STORIES, by famous author ,Joel Chandler Harris. THIS BOOK HAS SEVERAL HUNDRED STORIES...ALL WONDERFUL IN DETAIL AND HISTORY. Compiled and Edited by B.A. Botkin. Published in 1944 under war time conditions. This huge 932 page hard cover book is in very good, almost mint condition.Bound tight and clean.Hardcover with jacket.This is a first edition. This is a great, interesting book to read again and again, packed full of interesting stories.This book is,(OOP) , OUT OF PRINT. A Treasury of American Folklore: The Stories, Legends, Tall Tales, Traditions, Ballads and Songs of the American People. Foreword by Carl Sandburg This is a Paul Bunyan of a book, packed with more than 500 stories and over 100 songs (w/ words and music). are yarns, tall tales, anecdotes, and jests, from plantation, frontier, village, industry, all-America with all of America's legendary heroes and strong men: Davy Crockett, Johnny Appleseed, Jesse James, Casey Jones, Roy Bean, Bowleg Bill. Folk tales, legends, witches, ghosts, ballads,
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