The Penguin Dictionary of American Folklore

Axelrod, Alan; Oster, Harry; Rawls, Walton H.

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ISBN 10: 0141002409 ISBN 13: 9780141002408

Published by Penguin USA, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A., 2001

Language: English

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Trade paperback, 527 pp. With more than 750 entries and over 225 photographs and line drawings. New condition.

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Title

The Penguin Dictionary of American Folklore

Publisher

Penguin USA, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Publication Date

2001

Language

English

ISBN 10

0141002409

ISBN 13

9780141002408

Binding

Trade Paperback

Illustrator

Illustrated

Edition

First Edition

Condition

New

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An illustrated reference to American folklore covers the heroes, music, vampire tales, folk traditions, urban legends, and weather stories that make up the vast, variegated network of American myth. Reprint.

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Alan Axelrod is the author of the award-winning The Art of the Golden West.

Harry Oster is a folklorist and professor emeritus of English and American studies at the University of Iowa.

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