Handbook of American Folklore (A Midland Book) (A Midland Book S.)

by Richard Mercer Dorson (Author), Elizabeth Peterson (Author), Inta Carpenter (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  1986

  $51.75

  Featuring the work of sixty scholars and practitioners, this book represents a multitude of approaches to the discipline of American Folklore. About half of the contributions deal with local American materials, exploring topics, such as family folklore, American cultural myths, Mormon lore, folk healers, and folk performers.