FOLKLORE IN AMERICA

by Tristram Potter Coffin (Editor), Hennig Cohen (Editor)

from oral traditions modified and passed down by each generation

Genres: Anthologies

256 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1966

About the author

Tristram (“Tris”) Potter Coffin was an American folklorist and leading scholar of ballad texts in the 20th century. Coffin spent the bulk of his career at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a professor of English and a co-founder of the Folklore Department. He was the author of 20 books and more than 100 scholarly articles and reviews.