Buckeye Legends: Folktales and Lore from Ohio

by Michael Jay Katz

A collection of stories drawn from numerous folktales of Ohio

Genres: Nonfiction

234 pages, Paperback

First published June 15, 1994

About the author

Michael Jay Katz is a theoretical biologist. He earned his BA from Harvard University and then gained his MD and a PhD at Case Western Reserve University. He has taught anatomy and physical diagnosis in the medical school of Case Western Reserve University for thirty years. Michael has written many books, professional papers, and essays. He is a contributing editor for Taber’s Medical Dictionary.

His currently an Associate Professor of Bio-Architectonics at Case Western Reserve University in the Department of Anatomy.

Reviews

[Mike Wigal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Homespun corn pone tales without any points that I could see.

[Paul Edward · Rating 2 out of 5]

It is difficult to know what words are the author's and where they are the sources he has used. This makes it hard to know whether the author himself holds pseudoarchaeological views (the 'Moundbuilders' and Native Americans being different people, for instance).