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AMERICAN MURDER BALLADS AND THEIR STORIES
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AMERICAN MURDER BALLADS AND THEIR STORIES

by Burt, Olive Woolley

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New York: Oxford Uniiversity Press, 1958. xiii,[3],272 pp. Publisher's tan paper over boards, front cover pictorially stamped in black, in pictorial dust jacket. Rubbing and light scuffing to dust jacket, with small closed tears at upper edge and early pencil graffiti on rear panel and penciled price revision in front inner flap. Fine in a good to very good dust jacket. Olive Wolley Burt (1894-1981) was an American journalist, teacher, writer, and folklorist, best known for her works in juvenile literature and for the present work, her only book written for an adut audience. Burt had a lifelong fascination with true crime stories, noting that in her childhood her mother clipped "mournful verses from newspapers and saved them in a scrapbook" and would sing dark lullabies to her children. While workinig at the DESERET NEWS in Salt Lake City during the late 1940s and 1950s, Burt began to compile research on American murder ballads, leading to the publication of this extensive work, which in 1959 eanred a… Read More
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LINGUIST STAFF SYMBOLISM

LINGUIST STAFF SYMBOLISM

by Glover, E[mmanuel] Ablade

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Accra, [Ghana]: Liberty Press Limited, 1971. Pictorial broadside, 20 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches. Lithograph mounted to board. Mild rubbing and toning and moderate warping; 3/4-inch abrasion from apparent sticker removal in lower-left corner, affecting border. Good to very good. A visual guide to the symbolism of the Ghanaian linguist's staff, showing and describing 30 different finial motifs. In traditional Akan societies, linguists are the most important non-royal court officials, serving mixed roles as counselors, ambassadors, legal experts, and historians. Every linguist (okyeame) carries a wooden staff (okyeame poma), topped with a carved finial of a symbolic figure. "The symbol he carries is the symbol (usually proverbial) of the state he represents. Some depict animal or human forms while others depict just simple abstract forms. Whatever stands on that staff or stick represents the beliefs and aspirations of the entire state or clan. The staff itself is made of wood wrapped with either silver or gold… Read More
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