Land of the Millrats

by Richard M. Dorson

Book Overview

Most of Richard Dorson's thirty years as folklorist have been spent collecting tales and legends in the remote backcountry, far from the centers of population. For this book he extended his search for folk traditions to one of the most heavily industrialized sections of the United States. Can folklore be found, he wondered, in the Calumet Region of northwest Indiana? Does it exist among the steelworkers, ethnic groups, and blacks in Gary, Whiting,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674419227
• ISBN13: 9780674419223
• Release Date: February 1981
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"