Author: BOTKIN, B. A. , EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY; DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN, FOREWORD
Title: A Treasury of Southern Folklore - Maryland Edition
Description: Crown Publishers, 1949. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by Bob Botkin on the blank endpaper 776 pages. Dr. Benjamin Albert Bobkin, 1901- 1975. Clean text, good binding, age browning on endpaper. From 1942 to 1945, Dr. Botkin was one of the country's foremost folklorists, heading the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress while serving as president of the American Folklore Society. This Limited Edition was Made Especially for the State of Maryland and has folklore from all over the country. Some of the essays are Maryland Free State, The Southern Mammy, Davy Crockett, Stonewall Jackson, Blackbeard's Treasure, Harriet Tubman, Negro Conjure, Hoppin John, Brer Rabbit and the Little Girl, etc; Southern Folklore Series; Signed by Author. Good with no dust jacket .

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