Songquest: The Journals of Great Lakes Folklorist Ivan H. Walton

by Ivan H. Walton

The field notes of a pioneering folklorist who collected the songs, stories, and cultural history of Great Lakes sailors in the 1930s.

Ivan H. Walton was a pioneering folklorist who collected the songs and stories of aging sailors living along the shores of the Great Lakes in the 1930s. His collection is unique in the annals of Great Lakes folklore. It began as a search for songs but broadened into a collection of weather signs,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814344615
• ISBN13: 9780814344613
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"