Folklore & Mythology

Captures the wisdom, humor, and dignity of a remarkable mountain family Ray Hicks, 78, the famous teller of Appalachian Jack Tales, is one of America's best-loved storytellers. In this book he shares a different kind of story, a chronicle of his family's...

A legendary teacher's lifelong dedication to grassroots culture Archie Green - shipwright, folklorist, teacher, and lobbyist - is a legendary figure in the field of American folklore and vernacular culture studies. An inspiration to a generation of...

On a wintry night in 1831, a man named Charlie Silver was murdered with an axe and his body burned in a cabin in the mountains of North Carolina. His young wife, Frankie Silver, was tried and hanged for the crime. In later years people claimed that a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983436942Author Russ NoratelFormat PaperbackImprint Cosmic PantheonPublisher Cosmic PantheonWeight(grams) 231g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983358305Author Kathleen Marie KarlsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Anahata PublicationsPublisher Anahata PublicationsWeight(grams) 150g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974216195Author Kathleen WallsFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Global Authors PublishersPublisher Global Authors PublishersWeight(grams) 281g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780971303836Author Angelo I GeorgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint H.M.I.PressPublisher H.M.I.PressWeight(grams) 189g

Every September, on the first night of the new moon, there are those who vow they see a flaming ship sail three times past the coast of Ocracoke. No matter the direction or velocity of the wind, this fiery vessel moves swiftly toward the northeast, they...

This title is 'Storytelling World/Storytelling Magazine' Award Winner. 'I love a book that gives me what it promises, and this one does: fifty real ghost stories, drawn from a variety of sources and told in as many voices, written so as to simulate the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780882409665Author Mary Giraudo BeckFormat HardbackPage Count 130Imprint Alaska Northwest BooksPublisher Graphic Arts Center Publishing CoWeight(grams) 347g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865340299Author Alice BullockFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Sunstone PressPublisher Sunstone PressWeight(grams) 77g

"A splendid collection from one of the nation's richest and most diverse traditional cultures.... "Florida Folktales" will appeal not only to scholars and lovers of folklore, but to anyone interested in the wellsprings of American...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974962832Author William J GrabowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Oblivion PressPublisher Oblivion PressWeight(grams) 245g

Hidden treasures dot the Big Bend country of far west Texas. From the Guadalupes to the Chinatis and the Chisos, lost mines and abandoned hoards lie like magnets, pulling at the treasure hunter's heart. Or so the stories go. But perhaps the stories are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780882409658Author Mary Giraudo BeckFormat HardbackPage Count 130Imprint Alaska Northwest BooksPublisher Graphic Arts Center Publishing CoWeight(grams) 347g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452279384Author Jennifer HeathFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 135mm * 15mm

Remote and rugged, Michigan's Upper Peninsula (fondly known as ""the U.P."") has been home to a rich variety of indigenous peoples and Old World immigrants - a heritage deeply embedded in today's ""Yooper"" culture...

A provocative theoretical synthesis by renowned folklorist and anthropologist Charles L. Briggs, Unlearning questions intellectual foundations and charts new paths forward. Briggs argues, through an expansive look back at his own influential works as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977161454Author Lynn MichelsohnFormat PaperbackImprint Cleanan Press, Inc.Publisher Cleanan Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 200g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974239408Author David M SwingFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Avalon Grove PressPublisher Avalon Grove PressWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 232mm *...

Everyone worth his salt knows that a snappin' turtle won't let go until it thunders, but did you know that more than thirteen blackbirds on a fence with their tails to the north is a sure sign of a coming blue norther? Or that you should eat every grain...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977418169Author Jerry OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Andborough Publishing, LLCPublisher Andborough Publishing, LLCWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977418121Author Jerry OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Andborough Publishing, LLCPublisher Andborough Publishing, LLCWeight(grams) 152g

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In 1963, Judge Charles Whedbee was asked to substitute on a Greenville, NC, morning show called Carolina Today while one of the program's regulars was in the hospital. Whedbee took the opportunity to tell some of the Outer Banks stories he'd heard during...

It is pleasant to stray in the Big Bend and Davis Mountains country of Far West Texas. The vast spaces, rugged terrain, and sparse settlement invite straying--and tale spinning. In Stray Tales of the Big Bend master folklorist Elton Miles continues to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780890963609Author E. MilesFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Texas A & M University PressPublisher Texas A & M University PressWeight(grams) 600g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879612191Author Lou CuevasFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Naturegraph Publishers, Inc.Publisher Naturegraph Publishers, Inc.Weight(grams) 141g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874418408Author Edward M FeinsteinFormat HardbackPage Count 179Imprint Behrman House PublishingPublisher Behrman House PublishingWeight(grams) 386g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865340206Author Jose Ortiz y Pino IIIFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Sunstone PressPublisher Sunstone PressWeight(grams) 168g

This bilingual sampler of southwestern tales, legends, and myths offers the modern reader wisdom passed down for hundreds of years. The themes of these stories are universal, love and its costs, forgiveness, good versus evil, but the voices, images, and...

This collection of folktales and superstitions presents the oral traditions of central and southeastern Alabama. A section follows in which superstitions are arranged by topic; and finally, the compilers have included slave narratives for a view of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692345696Author Peter ManuelianFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Peter ManuelianPublisher Peter ManuelianWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865344716Author Teresa PijoanFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Sunstone PressPublisher Sunstone PressWeight(grams) 195g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615716817Author Monica DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Inner ClassicsPublisher Inner ClassicsWeight(grams) 245g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060874155Author Chris LaversFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 249g

Discover everything you've ever wondered about the legendary spirits, creatures, and figures of Japanese folklore including how they have found their way into every corner of our pop culture from the creator of the podcast Uncanny Japan. Welcome to The...

The mountains of the Appalachia abound with tales of ghosts and mysterious places. Covering 16 counties, 40 spine-tingling stories will have you traveling the roads and paths of those who have walked before you and listening to their sorrowful tales...

During the four years of the Civil War, the border between eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia was highly contested territory, alternately occupied by both the Confederacy and the Union. Though this territory was sparsely populated, the geography...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528920766Author Susie SnowflakeFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers