Buying the Wind(English, Paperback, Dorson Richard M.)

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Buying the Wind(English, Paperback, Dorson Richard M.) is written by Dorson Richard M. and published by The University of Chicago Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0226158624 (ISBN 10) and 9780226158624 (ISBN 13).

This anthology of regional folklore displays the abundance, humor, and continuing vigor of the American oral tradition. The collection explores rich and distinctive lore of Maine Down-Easters, Pennsylvania Dutchmen, Southern mountaineers, Louisiana Cajuns, Illinois Egyptians, Southwest Mexicans, and Utah Mormons. Their tales, songs, riddles, proverbs, games, superstitions, and customs provide a wealth of living folklore presented here as it was recorded in the field. And this unvarnished folklore fact-retains the spicy flavor of authentic narrative, told in the vernacular of the skillful folk storyteller.