How and Why Stories in Carolina Folklore - Hardcover
Collection of stories from Carolina folklore explaining the occurrence of various things, such as "How the Dog Got Zigzaggy Lips" and "How Spanish Moss Came to Be".
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- PublisherJohnson Pub Co
- Publication date1971
- ISBN 10 0930230124
- ISBN 13 9780930230128
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
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How and Why: Stories in Carolina Folklore
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Johnson Publishing Company, Murfreesboro, North Carolina
(1971)
ISBN 10: 0930230124
ISBN 13: 9780930230128
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Illustrated gold publisher's cloth, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, 112 clean pp., illustrations. A few pp. lightly printed. Frank Roy Johnson (1911-1988), a North Carolina native; Johnson was a newspaperman until 1962, when he began writing about the people and folklore of northeastern North Carolina.A collection of Carolina folklore focusing on animals and nature collected from many individuals and arranged by Johnson. Includes a bibliography.Some samples: The Dog - How the Dog Got Zigzaggy Lips; The Cat - How the Cat is Jesus' Right Hand Friend, Why the Germans Lost Old Frederick's War, How the Cat has Nine Lives, Why the Old Woman Didnt' Get Her Cow Home; The Hog - Why the Hog has a Short Life, How Come the Pig Can See in the Wind. Seller Inventory # 6348
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