Code: 04924581

Nebraska Folklore

Name: Nebraska Folklore
Brand: University of Nebraska Press
SKU: 04924581
Price: 12.71 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Louise Pound
ISBN: 9780803287884

by Louise Pound

Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 244
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 2006
More about this

12.71 €

RRP: 16.91 €

You save 4.20 €

In stock at our supplier
Shipping in 14 - 21 days

Add to wishlist

She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat, Vol. 2
11.29 € -25 %
Buy
Jewish War
12.51 € -29 %
Buy
Algebra
60.45 € -9 %
Buy
L'uomo che piantava gli alberi
9.78 €
Buy
Fact of a Body
13.11 € -20 %
Buy
Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman
36.83 €
Buy
Samaya
20.98 €
Buy
Sous Vide Ketogenic Cookbook
25.02 € -25 %
Buy
New Headway: Upper-Intermediate B2: Class Audio CDs
62.26 € -4 %
Buy
Feng Shui History: The Story of Classical Feng Shui in China and the West from 221 BC to 2012 AD
57.01 € -9 %
Buy
Der Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre
9.48 €
Buy
Footprints
21.69 € -24 %
Buy
Ivy and Bean - Book 6
11.29 € -25 %
Buy
Teaching Modernist Poetry
55.70 €
Buy
Fundamentals of HRM
780.67 € -9 %
Buy
How to Build an Agent
46.32 € -25 %
Buy
Second International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Administration
512.60 € -7 %
Buy
Fragile Dominion
16.14 € -17 %
Buy
PREPAK-SPA-CA SAXON MATEMATICA
67.01 €
Buy
Light to the Art of Gunnery, or Sea-Gunner's Companion Wherein Is Laid Down the True Weight of Powder Both for Proof and Action of All Sorts of Great
29.16 € -1 %
Buy
Deus Trinitas
141.59 €
Buy
Toy
16.54 € -7 %
Buy
Courts and Congress
27.14 €
Buy
Math Dictionary
13.92 € -9 %
Buy
Catalytic Chemistry (WSE)
204.77 €
Buy
Ausgewahlte Martyreracten: Und Andere Urkunden Aus Der Verfolgungszeit Der Christlichen Kirche (1902)
28.25 € -1 %
Buy
DIS COMMENT TU FAIS DE LA RECHERCHE
8.47 €
Buy
NEW LEGAL SEA FOODS COOKBOOK
21.89 € -26 %
Buy

Give this book as a present today

Order book and choose Gift Order.
We will send you book gift voucher at once. You can give it out to anyone.
Book will be send to donee, nothing more to care about.

Book gift voucher sample Read more

You get 31 loyalty points

Book synopsis

A distinguished scholar and writer who, in the words of H. L. Mencken, "put the study of American English on its legs," Louise Pound (1872-1958) was always intensely interested in the folklore of her home state. "Nebraska Folklore", first published in 1959, collects her best work in that rich vein. Included are cave legends, snake superstitions, weather lore, tales of strong men who rival Paul Bunyan, stories of Indian lovers' leaps, hoaxes of a petrified man and a land-locked sea monster, and the legends of Weeping Water and Lincoln Salt Basin. A section on old Nebraska folk customs provides a wealth of information about holiday observances, literary and debating societies, political rallies, spelling contests, and various social traditions. Going beyond Nebraska, the book ends with studies of the origins of American cowboy and folk songs and of the use of dialect in folklore. Its wit and honesty will appeal to readers everywhere. Roger Welsch provides an introduction to this new Bison Books edition. Louise Pound was a distinguished literary scholar, folklorist, and professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for more than fifty years. Roger Welsch is a well-known folklorist and essayist. He is the author of nearly thirty books, including "It's Not the End of the Earth", but "You Can See It from Here" and the co-author of Cather's "Kitchens: Foodways in Literature and Life", both available in Bison Books editions.