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Title: American Folk Tales and Songs by Richard Chase ISBN: 0-486-22692-1 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1971 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: insight into oral traditions
Comment: this book concentrates on anglo-american folklore, and so there is no reference to such characters as paul bunyan or johnny appleseed. still, there are a lot of surprisingly familiar stories that survived and were passed down when europeans settled in america. about half of the book is devoted to tales, including "ancient" tales (with references as far back as norse mythology, as well as robin hood and chaucer), jack tales, "fool irishman" tales, and "tall" tales. the second half is devoted to songs, simultaneously notated in shape as well as traditional notation. this section include ballads (i.e. songs that usually have a narrative), songs, hymns, songs for children, dances (with the choreography explained), and fiddle tunes. the book also includes odds and ends like jokes and riddles as well as a fantastic section of texts from graves from the turn of the century (around the late 1800's). also includes a guide to further reading and nice illustrations by joshua tolford. the stories themselves may feel a little quaint to some, but the colorful local dialect make them engaging and they provide insight into the lives and times of the people who have passed them down.
Rating: 4
Summary: Americana
Comment: This is a part of our heritage as Americans. We all have some folklore that helps shape our lives and upbringings. It is the underlying history that does not get placed in the history books. We unfortunately do not teach this stuff in schools. America, being an extraordinary melting pot has a great diversity of tales to be told. This collection includes ballads, tall tales, fiddle tunes, childrens song and hymns. It is a quality overview of American folklore. It will set a yearning in your soul and make you wax nostalgic for lemon-ade and Tom Sawyer. This is a small chunk of what it means to be American.
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Title: The Jack Tales by Richard Chase ISBN: 0395669510 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 27 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Grandfather Tales by Richard Chase ISBN: 0395561507 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 09 September, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians by Jean Ritchie, Ron Pen, Alan Lomax ISBN: 0813109272 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky Pub. Date: June, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Mountain Jack Tales by Gail E. Haley ISBN: 1887905510 Publisher: Parkway Publishers, Inc. Pub. Date: 08 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: American Ballads by John A. Lomax ISBN: 0486282767 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 21 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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