| A Treasury of Nebraska Pioneer Folklore Contributor(s): Welsch, Roger (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803297076 ISBN-13: 9780803297074 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1984 Annotation: This rich and entertaining collection of Nebraska pioneer folklore, taken largely from the Nebraska Folklore Pamphlets issues by the Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s, is intended first and foremost for the general reader, for the people whose heritage it is. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Dewey: 398.097 |
| LCCN: 66010876 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.95" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 391 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Plains - Geographic Orientation - Nebraska |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "More than corn grows tall on the American Plains. Here for the delectation of amateur folklorists is a collection of country whoppers from the frontier of Nebraska, Oklahoma and Iowa-funny and fantastic yarns and anecdotes of pioneer vintage that belie the erroneous notion that the men and women who settled the Plains were 'grimly serious' forerunners of Grant Wood's farming couple."-Publishers Weekly Roger Welsch is a well-known folklorist and essayist. He is the author of nearly thirty books, including It's Not the End of the Earth, but You Can See It from Here and the coauthor of Cather's Kitchens: Foodways in Literature and Life, both available in Bison Books editions. |