Tristram Potter Coffin

ix, 145 p. 24 cm

"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.

The Gestapo are determined to catch a resistance leader, and declare that one hundred Frenchmen will be killed if he does not turn himself in. To keep his identity safe, a condemned man agrees to take his place.

Contains beliefs, legends, superstitions, proverbs, poems, songs, dances, foods, and processions associated with over 100 American calendar customs and festivals.

Forty-five traditional folktales from a variety of North American tribes.

Anthology comprising material taken from all sections of the North American continent.