Great American folklore : legends, tales, ballads, and superstitions from all across America /

Great American folklore : legends, tales, ballads, and superstitions from all across America / compiled by Kemp P. Battle ; illustrated by John M. Battle. - Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, c1986. - xxiv, 644 p. : ill. 22 cm.

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. [637]-640.

Great book featuring folk tales, myth, superstitions, and lore of America. Sections on famous Americans, Daniel Boone, Pocahontas, Jim Bridger, Davy Crockett, tales of Nature, rivers, Mississippi and Missouri, Great Lakes stories, country life stories, animal tales, witch / ghost and haunting stories, hunting and fishing stories, preachers, love and marriage, songs, and other folklore. Includes bibliography. Red and gray cloth hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. 640 pages. Measures 5 3/4 by 8 1/2 inches. Interesting book."www.shelfari.com"

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Folklore--United States.
Legends--United States.
Tales--United States.

GR 105 / .G798 1986