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Richard M. Dorson (1916–1981)

Author of American Folklore (The Chicago History of American Civilization)

Includes the names: Richard Dorson, Richard M. Dorson, Richard Mercer Dorson, Richard M edited Dorson, Editor Richard M. Dorson, Richard Mercer comp. Dorson

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Title	Copies	Reviews	Ratings	Average	Median	Std. dev.
Bloodstoppers and Bearwalkers: Folk Traditions of the Upper Peninsula	25	1	6	4.17	4.00	0.69
America in legend: folklore from the colonial period to the present	48		3	3.50	3.50	0.41
Buying the Wind: Regional Folklore in the United States (Phoenix Books)	49	1	2	3.00	3.00	1.00
Folk Legends of Japan	27		2	2.50	2.50	0.50
Folklore and Folklife: An Introduction	40		2	2.50	2.50	0.50
American Negro folktales	50		1	2.00	2.00
American Folklore (The Chicago History of American Civilization)	81	1	1	5.00	5.00
African Folklore	11		1	1.00	1.00
Peasant Customs & Savage Myths Volume 1	6		1	4.00	4.00
Peasant Customs and Savage Myths Volume 2: Selections from the British Folklorists	2		1	4.00	4.00
Peasant customs and savage myths: selections from the British folklorists	12		1	4.00	4.00
Patriots of the American Revolution	24		1	4.00	4.00
Folktales Told Around the World	33		1	3.50	3.50
Peasant Customs & Savage Myths 2 Volumes	1
Studies in Japanese Folklore (Folklore of the World)	1
Jonathan Draws the Long Bow	2
American Folklore - Chicago History Of American Civilization	1
Bloodstoppers & bearwalkers; folk traditions of the Upper Peninsula	1
The British Folkorists; a History	1
American Folklore ***The Chicago History of American Civilization, Daniel J. Boo	1
Folktales of Greece	1
American Rebels	1
Negro folktales in Michigan	1
Handbook of American Folklore (A Midland Book)	25
Man and Beast in American Comic Legend	4
British Folklorists: A History	21
American folklore & the historian	5
Land of the Millrats	11
Folklore research around the world;: A North American point of view	2
The birth of American studies: Inaugural address delivered at the opening of the American Studies Center, Warsaw Univers	1
Negro tales from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and Calvin, Michigan	2
Folklore: selected essays	3
America begins; early American writing	7
America rebels: personal narratives of the American Revolution	23
The Eclipse of Solar Mythology	1

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