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Author:

Schwartz, Alvin, 1927- cn

Title:

Chin music : tall talk and other talk / collected from American folklore by Alvin Schwartz ; illustrated by John O'Brien.

Publisher:

J. B. Lippincott Co.,

Copyright Date:

c1979

Description:

127 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Americanisms--Juvenile literature.
English language--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
English language--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
English language--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Folklore--United States--Juvenile literature.
Americanisms.
English language--Slang.
English language--Terms and phrases.
Folklore--United States.

Other Authors:

O'Brien, John, 1953- cn

Notes:

Bibliography: p. 119-126.

Summary:

Presents examples of folk speech used during the period 1815 to 1950. Identifies their meaning and the regions in which they were collected.

ISBN:

9780397318711 (pbk.) :
0397318715 (pbk.) :
9780397318704 (lib. bdg.) :
0397318707 (lib. bdg.) :
9780397318698
0397318693

LCCN:

79002403

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

W5PA943 -- Badger Public Library (Badger)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)

NUPD663 -- Osage Public Library (Osage)