Native American Balladry : A Descriptive Study and a Bibliogaphical Syllabus. Revised edition

Philadelphia: The American Folklore Society, 1975. Later printing of revised 1964 edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. 298 p. w/ footnotes, bibliography, index of ballads and songs. Despite the title, this is a work noting home grown American ballads, not those of native peoples. About half of the work is scholarly study, the other half a syllabus listing ballds on war, cowboys and pioneers, lumberjacks, sailors and the sea, criminals and outlaws, murder, tragedies and disasters, "negros", and misc topics. Very good / No dust jacket issued. Item #17196

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