Folklore from the working folk of America.
By: Selected and edited by Tristram Potter Coffin and Hennig Cohen, from the leading journals and archives of folklore.
Contributors: Cohen, Hennig, joint comp.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Anchor Press
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
Subjects: Folklore -- United States.; United States -- Social life and customs.
Description: "Encompasses folk literature, folk-life, and folk speech, with twenty-seven folk melodies and a complete section of tales about twelve legendary figures including Casey Jones, Daniel Boone and Johnny Appleseed"--Jacket. Also covers folk poetry, riddles, superstitions, proverbs, games, and festivals.