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Treasury Of Nebraska Pioneer Folklore compiled
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Treasury Of Nebraska Pioneer Folklore compiled
by Roger L. Welsch
Item No. 6060 - publ. 1984 - Softbound - 6 x 9 - 387 pgs. - 1lb 5.2oz. - ISBN: 0-8032-9707-6 - price $16.95
Folklore tells us something about almost every aspect of the life of the people. This rich and entertaining collection of Nebraska pioneer folklore, taken largely from the Nebraska Folklore Pamplet issued by the Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s, is intended first and formost for the general reader, for the people whose heritage it is.
Songs of trail and prairie and of the Farmers' Alliance, white man's yarns and Indian tales, pioneer Nebraska folk customs, sayings, proverbs, beliefs, children's games, cooking, and cures - these "wondrously entertaining kaleidoscopic reflections of the people and environment.