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01622aam a2200313 i 4500 001 D79531D4FD8311E69D83C688DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170228010127 007 n 008 160303t20161944||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 149302535X 020 $a 9781493025350 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 245 12 $a A treasury of American folklore : $b stories, ballads, and traditions of the people / $c edited by B.A. Botkin ; with a foreword by Carl Sandburg. 264 1 $a Guilford, Connecticut : $b Globe Pequot, $c 2016. 300 $a xxvii, 932 pages : $b music ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a Originally published: 1944. 500 $a Named by the Library of Congress as one of the top Ì100 Books that Shaped America.Ì. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 1 $a Backwoods boasters -- Pseudo bad men -- Killers -- Free lances -- Miracles men -- Patron saints -- Tall talk -- The sky's the limit -- Local cracks and slams -- Pranks and tricks -- Humorous anecdotes and jests -- Yarns and tall tales -- From the liars' bench -- Animal tales -- Nursery tales -- Witch tales -- Ghost tales -- Devil tales -- Queer tales -- Play rhymes and catch colloquies -- Singing and play-party games -- Ballads and songs. 541 $d 20161114. 600 4 $a Folklore $z United States. 700 $a Botkin, Benjamin Albert, $d 1901-1975. 700 $a Sandburg, Carl. 941 $a 3 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20181102011135.0 952 $l WSPF215 $d 20170228012626.0 952 $l FJPC224 $d 20170228012328.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D79531D4FD8311E69D83C688DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search