From My People
400 Years of African American Folklore
by Daryl Cumber Dance
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In this unusual anthology, more than 700 pages long, the definition of folklore includes not only traditional tales but sermons, recipes, and e-mail.
Editions of From My People
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher W W Norton & Co Inc |
Date 2002 |
Price $1.98 |
 Used, Very Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher W W Norton & Co Inc |
Date 2003 |
Price $14.08 |
NEW |
Publisher Notes
An extraordinary celebration of African-American life and culture brings together four hundred years of African-American folklore, traditional tales, recipes, proverbs, legends, folk songs, and folk art by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Zora Neal Hurston, Jelly Roll Morton, and others.
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"While clearly a rich resource for, and a powerful introduction to, black American culture, the collection is also vastly entertaining, almost overflowing with centuries of wise, sad, and funny responses to centuries of living in the white man's world."
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