| Virginia Folk Legends Contributor(s): Barden, Thomas E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813913357 ISBN-13: 9780813913353 Publisher: University of Virginia Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1991 Annotation: This is a major regional collection of folklore which contributes not only to the scholarship of southern and Appalachian culture but also to the study of legend as a genre...It amounts to a folk history of Virginia. -Patrick B, . Mullen, Ohio State University |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Travel | United States - General - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Dewey: 398.232 |
| LCCN: 91-12422 |
| Series: Publications of the American Folklore Society. New Series |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.04" W x 8.92" (1.23 lbs) 364 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What do devil dogs, witches, haunted houses, Daniel Boone, Railroad Bill, "Justice John" Crutchfield, and lost silver mines have in common? All are among the subjects included in the vast collection of legends gathered between 1937 and 1942 by the field workers of the Virginia Writers Project of the WPA. For decades following the end of the project, these stories lay untouched in the libraries of the University of Virginia. Now, folklorist Thomas E. Barden brings to light these delightful tales, most of which have never been in print. Virginia Folk Legends presents the first valid published collection of Virginia folk legends and is endorsed by the American Folklore Society. |