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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 ́100 Books that Shaped America.́.
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.
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