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Author : Dennis Boyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 77 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (317 download)
Download or read book Iowa County Folktales written by Dennis Boyer and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ruth D Hein
Publisher : Adventure Publications
ISBN 13 : 1591933277
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (919 download)
Download or read book Ghostly Tales of Iowa written by Ruth D Hein and published by Adventure Publications. This book was released on 2005-09-14 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iowa's folklore is rich in stories of the uncanny and spine-tingling. Since pioneer days, there have been tales of unexplained hovering lights, footsteps that no one visible made and shadows haunting forests and caves. In Ghostly Tales of Iowa, you'll encounter benevolent spirits who enjoy company and sometimes tease the flesh-and-bone residents who share their homes. There are also stories of spirits that prefer solitary existence or have business to finish before they will have rest. Some stories will make you laugh; others will make you wonder. Whether you believe in ghosts or not, this collection of ghost stories is sure to entertain.
Author : Charlton Laird
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Iowa Legends of Buried Treasure written by Charlton Laird and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Earl J. Stout
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1528799402
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (287 download)
Download or read book Folklore from Iowa written by Earl J. Stout and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early works is a comprehensive and informative collection of folk-songs and current beliefs in Iowa. Practically all of the material in this collection was gathered during the fall and winter of 1931. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author : Clarence Ray Aurner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Iowa Stories written by Clarence Ray Aurner and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Earl Jonathan Stout
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Folklore from Iowa written by Earl Jonathan Stout and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Clarence Ray Aurner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Iowa Stories written by Clarence Ray Aurner and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Earl Jonathan Stout
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (234 download)
Download or read book Folklore from Iowa written by Earl Jonathan Stout and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dennis Boyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Giants in the Land written by Dennis Boyer and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy tales of lumberjacks, miners, brewers, farmers, hunters and trappers in this collection of Wisconsin folktales. The book features beautifully illustrated pen-and-ink drawings by Owen Coyle.
Author : S. E. Schlosser
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493044923
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Spooky Wisconsin written by S. E. Schlosser and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-07-15 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Bunyan and Babe, Native American legends, ghosts, river mysteries, and more populate the pages of Spooky Wisconsin. You'll meet the shrouded horseman of Milwaukee, the troll of Mount Horeb, the dark horse of the Dells, and more as you join folklorist S. E. Schlosser to discover the spooky stories from the Badger state, from the Illinois border to Lake Superior, and the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan.
Author : Terry Ann Mood-Leopold
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1576076210
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)
Download or read book American Regional Folklore written by Terry Ann Mood-Leopold and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-09-24 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy-to-use guide to American regional folklore with advice on conducting research, regional essays, and a selective annotated bibliography. American Regional Folklore begins with a chapter on library research, including how to locate a library suitable for folklore research, how to understand a library's resources, and how to construct a research strategy. Mood also gives excellent advice on researching beyond the library: locating and using community resources like historical societies, museums, fairs and festivals, storytelling groups, local colleges, newspapers and magazines, and individuals with knowledge of the field. The rest of the book is divided into eight sections, each one highlighting a separate region (the Northeast, the South and Southern Highlands, the Midwest, the Southwest, the West, the Northwest, Alaska, and Hawaii). Each regional section contains a useful overview essay, written by an expert on the folklore of that particular region, followed by a selective, annotated bibliography of books and a directory of related resources.
Author : Dennis Boyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Driftless Spirits written by Dennis Boyer and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a superb collection of ghost tales from the hills of Wisconsin's driftless region, the southwest area untouched by the last of the glaciers. The region has a rich legacy of folktales, passed down from generation to generation, that are sure to entertain.
Author : Clarence Ray Aurner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (126 download)
Download or read book Iowa stories, book two written by Clarence Ray Aurner and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (623 download)
Download or read book Pioneer Recollections written by and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Hamilton
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813136008
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Kentucky Folktales written by Mary Hamilton and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The storytelling tradition has long been an important piece of Kentucky history and culture. Folktales, legends, tall tales, and ghost stories hold a special place in the imaginations of inventive storytellers and captive listeners. In Kentucky Folktales: Revealing Stories, Truths, and Outright Lies Kentucky storyteller Mary Hamilton narrates a range of stories with the voice and creativity only a master storyteller can evoke. Hamilton has perfected the art of entrancing an audience no matter the subject of her tales. Kentucky Folktales includes stories about Daniel Boone's ability to single-handedly kill a bear, a daughter who saves her father's land by outsmarting the king, and a girl who uses gingerbread to exact revenge on her evil stepmother, among many others. Hamilton ends each story with personal notes on important details of her storytelling craft, such as where she first heard the story, how it evolved through frequent re-tellings and reactions from audiences, and where the stories take place. Featuring tales and legends from all over the Bluegrass State, Kentucky Folktales captures the expression of Kentucky's storytelling tradition.
Author : Vance Randolph
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473388244
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (733 download)
Download or read book Ozark Superstitions written by Vance Randolph and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The people who live in the Ozark country of Missouri and Arkansas were, until very recently, the most deliberately unprogressive people in the United States. Descended from pioneers who came West from the Southern Appalachians at the beginning of the nineteenth century, they made little contact with the outer world for more than a hundred years. They seem like foreigners to the average urban American, but nearly all of them come of British stock, and many families have lived in America since colonial days. Their material heirlooms are few, but like all isolated illiterates they have clung to the old songs and obsolete sayings and outworn customs of their ancestors. Sophisticated visitors sometimes regard the “hillbilly” as a simple child of nature, whose inmost thoughts and motivations may be read at a glance. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The hillman is secretive and sensitive beyond anything that the average city dweller can imagine, but he isn’t simple. His mind moves in a tremendously involved system of signs and omens and esoteric auguries. He has little interest in the mental procedure that the moderns call science, and his ways of arranging data and evaluating evidence are very different from those currently favored in the world beyond the hilltops. The Ozark hillfolk have often been described as the most superstitious people in America. It is true that some of them have retained certain ancient notions which have been discarded and forgotten in more progressive sections of the United States. It has been said that the Ozarker got his folklore from the Negro, but the fact is that Negroes were never numerous in the hill country, and there are many adults in the Ozarks today who have never even seen a Negro. Another view is that the hillman’s superstitions are largely of Indian origin, and there may be a measure of truth in this; the pioneers did mingle freely with the Indians, and some of our best Ozark families still boast of their Cherokee blood. My own feeling is that most of the hillman’s folk beliefs came with his ancestors from England or Scotland. I believe that a comparison of my material with that recorded by British antiquarians will substantiate this opinion.
Author : James P. Leary
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 0299160335
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (991 download)
Download or read book Wisconsin Folklore written by James P. Leary and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1999-01-15 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly entertaining and richly informative, Wisconsin Folklore offers the first comprehensive collection of writings about the surprisingly varied folklore of Wisconsin. Beginning with a historical introduction to Wisconsin's folklore and concluding with an up-to-date bibliography, this anthology offers more than fifty annotated and illustrated entries in five sections: "Terms and Talk," "Storytelling," "Music, Song, and Dance," "Beliefs and Customs," and "Material Traditions and Folklife." The various contributors, from 1884 to 1997, are anthropologists, ethnomusicologists, historians, journalists, museologists, ordinary citizens reminiscing, sociologists, students, writers of fiction, practitioners of folklore, and folklorists. Their interests cover an enormous range of topics: from Woodland Indian place names and German dialect expressions to Welsh nicknames and the jargon of apple-pickers, brewers, and farmers; from Ho-Chunk and Ojibwa mythological tricksters and Paul Bunyan legends to stories of Polish strongmen and Ole and Lena jokes; from Menominee dances and Norwegian fiddling and polka music to African-American gospel groups and Hmong musicians; from faith healers and wedding and funeral customs to seasonal ethnic festivities and tavern amusements; and from spearing decoys and needlework to church dinners, sacred shrines, and the traditional work practices of commercial fishers, tobacco growers, and pickle packers. For general readers, teachers, librarians, and scholars alike, Wisconsin Folklore exemplifies and illuminates Wisconsin's cultural traditions, and establishes the state's significant but long neglected contributions to American folklore.
