Bloodstoppers & Bearwalkers
Author | : Richard Mercer Dorson |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1978 |
ISBN-10 | : 0674076656 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780674076655 |
Rating | : 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Download or read book Bloodstoppers & Bearwalkers written by Richard Mercer Dorson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folklore as it comes from the mouths of living storytellers has a matchless authority and conviction. Richard Dorson, living for five months among the Indians, Finns, Canadiens, Cornishmen, lumberjacks, sailors, miners, and sagamen of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, has listened to their tales, which this book reproduces with all their native thunder and salt. Rooted deep in storytelling tradition, these tales hark back to the frontier and immigrant past of an America shaped by many peoples with extraordinary experiences.