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Bloodstoppers and Bearwalkers: Folk Traditions of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Bloodstoppers and Bearwalkers: Folk Traditions of Michigan's Upper Peninsula

BookPaperback
Ranking406363inGeschichte
CHF38.90

Description

Remote and rugged, Michigan's Upper Peninsula has been home to a rich variety of indigenous peoples and Old World immigrants. This book presents and ponders the folk narratives of the region's loggers, miners, lake sailors, trappers, and townfolk.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-299-22714-2
Product TypeBook
BindingPaperback
Publishing date15/05/2008
Edition00003 A. Library
Pages408 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 145 mm, Height 210 mm, Thickness 25 mm
Weight467 g
Article no.5071292
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.3493353
Product groupGeschichte
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Author

Richard M. Dorson (1916-81) was a professor of history and folklore at Indiana University and the author of many books on American folk traditions, including American Folklore; America in Legend: Folklore from the Colonial Period to the Present; and Folklore and Folklif: an Introduction. James P. Leary is professor of folklore and Scandinavian studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also directs the Folklore Program and is cofounder of the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures. A native of northern Wisconsin, he is the author of Wisconsin Folklore; So Ole Says to Lena: Folk Humor of the Upper Midwest; and Polkabilly: How the Goose Island Ramblers Redefined American Folk Music.