American Negro Folktales books on dressmakers

books on dressmakers

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American Negro Folktales books on dressmakersA preacher battles a bear, a mother returns from the dead, and a clever servant conducts a Big Feet Contest in this rich anthology of African American folklore. Scores of humorous and harrowing stories, collected during the mid twentieth century, tell of talking animals, ghosts, devils, and saints. The first part of the book provides a setting for the fables, in which folklorist Richard M. Dorson discusses their origins and the artistry of