A Treasury of American Folklore Author:B. A. Botkin (Editor) A collection of folklore, including an index of authors, titles, and first lines of songs and an index of subjects and names. — From the Foreword: — So here we have nothing less than an encyclopedia of the folklore of America....It will pass the time, furnish laughter, provide entertainment. And then besides giving you the company of nice, darnfoo... more »l yarn spinners, it will give you something of the feel of American history, of the gloom chasers that moved many a good man who fought fire and flood, varmints and vermin, as region after region filled with the settlers and homesteaders who proclaimed, "We are breaking sod for unnumbered millions to come."« less