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Folk-Say - A Regional Miscellany 1930

Folk-Say - A Regional Miscellany 1930

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Folk-Say - A Regional Miscellany 1930

by BOTKIN, B.A. (editor), with contributions from Norman Macleod, Frank Applegate, Paul Horgan, Langston Hughes, Carl Sandburg, J. Frank Dobie, & others

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About This Item

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1930. First edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"), 473 & [1] pages, illustrated, the frontispiece by Keith Mackaye & linoleum cuts by Ina Annett. Publisher's gilt-lettered light brown cloth, with a pictorial device depicting a team of horses & a man plowing a field.

Margins sunned, base of the spine with shallow loss, corners bumped, internal toning mostly affecting endpapers & pastedowns, previous owner's name & place in ink at the ffep, small booksellers' label at front pastedown, otherwise good or better.

This copy from the library of Allen Walker Read, an American etymologist and lexicographer, best known for his studies into the words "okay" and "fuck."

Contents include Wide River by Langston Hughes, Apocrypha of Billy the Kid by Maurice G. Fulton, & The Witch by Paul Horgan.

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Title
Folk-Say - A Regional Miscellany 1930
Author
BOTKIN, B.A. (editor), with contributions from Norman Macleod, Frank Applegate, Paul Horgan, Langston Hughes, Carl Sandburg, J. Frank Dobie, & others
Book Condition
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Keywords
Folk Lore, Western Americana, Native American, African American, Oklahoma, Western Outlaws, Printed Music
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African American; Trade Catalogues, Advertising; Native American; Literature, Fiction, Poetry; Music; Culture, Customs, Folklore;

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