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tracing slang terms and expressions from the end of the nineteenth century to the present

Along with the other short stories in this first-rate anthology

Reprint of Figure Construction: A Brief Treatise on Drawing the Human Figure

American Negro Folktales manufacturing processA preacher battles a bear, a mother returns from the dead, and a clever servant conducts a Big Feet Contest in this rich anthology of African American folklore. Scores of humorous and harrowing stories, collected during the mid twentieth century, tell of talking animals, ghosts, devils, and saints. The first part of the book provides a setting for the fables, in which folklorist Richard M. Dorson discusses their origins and the artistry of