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Plain Folk's Fight: The Civil War and Reconstruction in ...
Mark V. WetheringtonJ. William Harris, Plain Folk and Gentry, 148–53; Escott, After Secession, 63–64, 80–88; McPherson, Battle Cry, 430–32; Robertson, Soldiers, 37–40; Williams, Rich Man's War, 129–32; Thomas, Confederate Nation, 152–55. CRSG 2:187–93 ; ...
Memorials of a Yorkshire Parish: An Historical Sketch of the ...
Joseph Smith FletcherNothing much need be said of him, but of his son, Thomas Bent Hodgson, a good deal used to be talked by old folk of fifty years ago, who remembered him and his doings very well. Thomas Bent Hodgson was a great sportsman, and from ...
Folk
Richard CarlinThe interaction between these groups created the many rich hybrids that are American folk music.
English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians
Cecil J. SharpIt remains one of the foundational collections of American folk music.
Red Cloud's Folk: A History of the Oglala Sioux Indians
George E. HydeHe has produced some of the most important books on the American Indian ever written, including Indians of the High Plains, Indians of the Woodlands, Red Cloud's Folk, Spotted Tail's Folk, and Life of George Bent, all published by the ...
The Great Folk Discography: The next generation
Martin C. StrongMartin C. Strong has earned his reputation as a music writer the hard wayby compiling massive, detailed tomes that brim with sharp, insightful observations. The Great Folk Discography is an essential purchase for all lovers of folk music.
Folk Songs for Solo Singers, Vol. 1
Jay AlthouseExpertly crafted for solo voice and piano, Folk Songs for Solo Singers, Volume 1 includes 11 favorite folk songs arranged by some of Alfred's finest writers, such as Philip Kern, Jay Althouse, and Carl Strommen.
Superstitions and Folk Remedies
Charles Raymond DillonMost of the superstitions and folk beliefs in the book are outside of present-day knowledge and science.
Contemporary American folk artists
Elinor Lander HorwitzBriefly discusses the lives and works of twenty-two American folk painters, carvers, and environmentalists.
International Folk Songs for Solo Singers
Jay AlthouseThis outstanding collection of 12 singable folk songs from nine countries features easily learned texts in 6 different languages including English.
Bringing It All Back Home: 25 Years of American Music at ...
Robbie WoliverTraces the history of Folk City, a Greenwich Village music club, and shares the memories of top folk artists who performed there
The Folk Handbook: Working with Songs from the English Tradition
John MorrishFrank Purslow, ed., Marrow Bones: English Folk Songs From The Hammond And Gardiner Mss. (London: E.F.D.S. Publications, 1965). Frank Purslow, ed., The Wanton Seed: More English Folk Songs From The Hammond 8 Gardiner Mss, ...
American book publishing record cumulative, 1876-1949: an ...
R.R. Bowker Company. Dept. of BibliographyOAKELY, Amy (Ewing) Mrs., 914. 1882- Hill-towns of the Pyrenees, by Amy Oakley; illustrations by Thornton Oakley. .... OKEY. Thomas. 1852-1935. 914. The old Venetian palaces and old Venetian folk, by Thomas Okey with fifty coloured and ...
Seal-folk and Ocean Paddlers: Sliochd Nan Ròn
John MacAulayForemost in Scottish Hebridean tradition are the tales of the sea-folk - seals who could assume human form, but could not return to the sea without their sealskin belts.
John Henry; a folk-lore study
Louis Watson ChappellIncludes several versions of the Afro-American folk-song on which the legend of John Henry is based.
Yugoslav Folk Music
Béla BartókThis four-volume work is the most substantial and thorough analysis of Yugoslav folk music ever to be published in the English language.
Holy Joe: Joseph W. Folk and the Missouri Idea
Steven L. PiottIn asserting that traditional moral values could be applied to politics, Folk became known among friends and enemies as Holy Joe.
Turkish Folk Music from Asia Minor
Bela BartokThis book is a substantial and thorough musicological analysis of Turkish folk music.
Notes and Sources for Folk Songs of the Catskills: Supplement
Norman CazdenPurslow 1965 * Frank Purslow. Marrow Bones [from the Hammond-Gardiner Mss. ]. London: English Folk Dance & Song Society, 1965. Purslow 1968 *Frank Purslow. The Wanton Seed [from the Hammond-Gardiner Mss.]. London: English Folk ...
Mexican Folk Art from Oaxacan Artist Families
Arden RothsteinThis beautiful reference introduces contemporary Mexican folk art by featuring prominent artists from Oaxaca in southeastern Mexico.
American Folk Art for Kids: With 21 Activities
Richard PanchykContains instruction for twenty-one activities related to folk art.
Popular Magic: Cunning-folk in English History
Owen DaviesLocal practitioners of magic, providing small-scale but valued service to the community, cunning-folk were far more representative of magical practice than the arcane delvings of astrologers and necromancers.
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