Drums and shadows; 1940
By Georgia Writers' Project., Georgia Writers' Project. Savannah Unit., Writers' Program (U.S.). Georgia., Writers' Program, Charles Joyner, Mary Granger, Georgia Writer's Project, Joyner, Charles
- African Americans, Folklore, Superstition, Social life and customs
This collection of oral folklore from coastal Georgia was assembled during the 1930s as part of a WPA writers' program, under the supervision of Mary Granger. The accounts in this book, framed by colorful descriptions of the rural locales where they were collected, were principally from elderly African-Americans, some of them centarians.
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- Author
- Georgia Writers' Project., Georgia Writers' Project. Savannah Unit., Writers' Program (U.S.). Georgia., Writers' Program, Charles Joyner, Mary Granger, Georgia Writer's Project, Joyner, Charles
- First published
- 1969
- Pages
- 274
- Publisher
- Creative Media Partners, LLC, IndoEuropeanPublishing.com, Greenwood Press Reprint
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781612790558
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