Benjamin Albert Botkin

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1) A treasury of Western folklore

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An anthology of anecdotes, tall tales, yarns, legends, stories, ballads and folksongs of the Great Plains and Far West, drawn from oral and printed sources and arranged chronologically and geographically.

2) Sidewalks of America: folklore, legends, sagas, traditions, customs, songs, stories, and sayings of city folk

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Botkin, Benjamin Albert

3) A treasury of New England folklore: stories, ballads, and traditions of the Yankee folk

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"576 stories - 50 songs."

4) A Civil War treasury of tales, legends, and folklore

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Collection of personal narratives, anecdotes, tall tales, and fables convey the courage, imagination, and humor of the Civil War era.

5) A treasury of railroad folklore: the stories, tall tales, traditions, ballads and songs of the American railroad man

6) A treasury of Southern folklore: stories, ballads, traditions, and folkways of the people of the South

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More than 500 stories and more than 75 folk-songs, presenting the full cast of characters of the varied South-heroes like Patrick Henry, Davy Crockett, Sam Houston, Stonewall Jackson and the almost godlike Robert E. Lee; outlaws and pirates; poor whites, slaves, Cajuns, Gullahs, etc.

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Benjamin Albert Botkin

1) A treasury of Western folklore

2) Sidewalks of America: folklore, legends, sagas, traditions, customs, songs, stories, and sayings of city folk

3) A treasury of New England folklore: stories, ballads, and traditions of the Yankee folk

4) A Civil War treasury of tales, legends, and folklore

5) A treasury of railroad folklore: the stories, tall tales, traditions, ballads and songs of the American railroad man

6) A treasury of Southern folklore: stories, ballads, traditions, and folkways of the people of the South