Product Description
by Roger Welsch (Author), Jack Brodie (Illustrator)
"More than corn grows tall on the American Plains. Here for the delectation of amateur folklorists is a collection of country whoppers from the frontier of Nebraska, Oklahoma and Iowa-funny and fantastic yarns and anecdotes of pioneer vintage that belie the erroneous notion that the men and women who settled the Plains were 'grimly serious' forerunners of Grant Wood's farming couple."-Publishers Weekly Roger Welsch is a well-known folklorist and essayist. He is the author of nearly thirty books, including It's Not the End of the Earth, but You Can See It from Here and the coauthor of Cather's Kitchens: Foodways in Literature and Life, both available in Bison Books editions.
Back Jacket
This rich and entertaining collection of Nebraska pioneer folklore, taken largely from the Nebraska Folklore Pamphlets issues by the Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s, is intended first and foremost for the general reader, for the people whose heritage it is.
Author Biography
Roger L. Welsch holds dual professorships in the departments of English and anthropology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
