Measures 6-31/32" X 10", 336 pp, b&w photos plus full color and b&w illustrations, written by Richard Dorson, trade paperback published by Random House / Pantheon Books (NY).
A really cool compendium, not only of various objects of American folklore, but also of legendary periods of American history, and of how Americans viewed themselves, from the Colonial period, right down to the early 1970s -- and chockfull of great illustrations and photographs! Contents:
Foreword -- Identifying Folklore
Introduction -- American Life -- Styles And Legends
The Colonial Period -- The Religious Impulse
Folklore Of The Religious Era
Providences
Witchcraft
The Devil
Judgments (Quaker View)
The Early National Period -- The Democratic Impulse
Folk Heroes Of The Democratic Era
DAVY CROCKETT The Backwoodsman
MIKE FINK The Keelboatman
NEAL HORNBACK
SAM PATCH The Mill Hand
MOSE The Bowery B'hoy
YANKEE JONATHAN The Countryman
The Later National Period -- The Economic Impulse
Folklore Of Economic Occupations
Cowboys
SAM BASS
The Cowboy's Lament
The Cowboy Code
Lumberjacks
Lumberjack Songs
The Jam On Gerry's Rock
The Lumberman's Alphabet
Silver Jack
Lumberjack Hero Tales
Miners
Coal-Mining Songs
The Molly Maguires
The Avondale Mine Disaster
MUFF LAWLER, The Squealer
Oil Drillers
Tales Of GIB MIRGAN
Oil-Money Legends
Railroaders
A Brave Engineer
The Master Workman Versus The Businessman
CASEY JONES -- The Union Scab
The Contemporary Period -- The Humane Impulse
Folklore Of The Youth Culture
Druglore
Cops And Dopers, Narcs And Heads
Cops As Heads
Paranoia
OUSLEY -- King Of Acid
Freakouts
Druglore Local Legends
Druglore Latrinalia
Druglore Jokes
Drug Games
Coat-Hanger Chime
Zilch
Flaming Groovy
Draft Dodgers
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