商品簡介
Leary (folklore, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) assembles, annotates, and illustrates bits of the state's tradition as collected by anthropologists, ethnomusicologists, historians, journalists, museologists, fiction writers, folklorists, and plain folks from 1884 to 1997. Welsh nicknames, Paul Bunyan legends, polka music, faith healers, gospel groups, tavern amusements, church dinners, and of course pickle packer work practices are among the tales. Some of the songs include musical scores. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
James P. Leary, faculty associate in the Folklore Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is an award-winning Wisconsin folklorist and author of Midwestern Folk Humor; Down Home Dairyland; Minnesota Polka; and Yodeling in Dairyland: A History of Swiss Music in Wisconsin.
