Children's Folklore
Children's Folklore
ed. Brian Sutton-Smith, Jay Mechling, Thomas W. Johnson, & Felicia R. McMahon
$21.95 paper
ISBN 978-0-87421-280-8
392 pages
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Children's Folklore

A Source Book

ed. Brian Sutton-Smith, Jay Mechling, Thomas W. Johnson, & Felicia R. McMahon

Above and beyond its appeal for folklorists in general, Children's Folklore is an indispensable introduction to its own subject... This volume contains a wealth of guides and sources that will benefit any interested scholar.
—Journal of American Folklore

Cemeteries house the dead, but gravemarkers are fashioned by the living, who recorded on them not only their pleasures, sorrows, and hopes for an afterlife, but also more than they realized of their history, ethnicity, and culture. Richard Meyer has gathered twelve original essays examining burial grounds through the centuries and across the land to give a broad understanding of the history and cultural values of communities, regions, and American at large.