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Sojourner Truth
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The folklore muse
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A voice for the people
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Nina Jaffe |
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December's thorn
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Recovering from a near-death experience in his family home in the Georgia Appalachian Mountains, Fever Devilin finds his sanity questioned when he is approached by a woman from his past who claims to… |
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CHANSONS EN MÉMOIRE- MÉMOIRE EN CHANSON - Hommage à Jérôme Bujeaud
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Le colloque Chansons en mémoire-Mémoire en chanson, Hommage à Jérôme Bujeaud, l'un des premiers folkloristes euquêteurs français, fut l'occasion de dresser un état concret de la situation de cette tr… |
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Zora Neale Hurston
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Paul Witcover |
A biography of the Afro-American writer well-known for her novels and collections of folklore. |
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Zora Neale Hurston
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Deborah Cannarella |
Profiles Zora Neale Hurston, whose childhood love of stories led her to a successful career as a folklorist and author of poems, novels, short stories, and plays. |
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A biography of the versatile and prolific Afro-American writer, well-known for her novels and collections of black folklore. |
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An American Original
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The first major biography of one of the best-loved storytellers of the American Southwest. |
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Twice blessed
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Kathryn Tucker Windham |
"Nine autobiographical essays by a pioneering female journalist who became part social worker, part roving documentarian; well-known storyteller; playwright; and essayist on National Public Radio's A… |
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Robert E. Hemenway |
Reconstructs the events, relationships, and achievements that marked the life of the black novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist, assessing her important works and commitment to the black folk tra… |
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