A Tale Type and Motif Index of Early U.S. Almanacs

by J. Michael Stitt, Robert K. Dodge, Michael Stitt

Early American almanacs are fascinating resources for insight into the life, attitudes, and culture of the new nation. Along with calendars and maps, political events, agricultural advice, medicinal cures, and other information, many almanacs printed tales, stories, and jokes designed to entertain. Never before systematically organized, most of this narrative material has remained obscure for two hundred years. Here a literary scholar and a folklorist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313260486
• ISBN13: 9780313260483
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.5"