This is a new release of the original 1924 edition.

1924. This work represents meritorious work in the study of a field of American literature somewhat neglected and for the purpose of providing all peoples material in a convenient form for the study of a body of poetic work. The verses are edited with a critical introduction, biographical sketches of the authors, and also contain bibliographical notes.

This work represents meritorious work in the study of a field of American literature somewhat neglected and for the purpose of providing all peoples material in a convenient form for the study of a body of poetic work. The verses are edited with a critical introduction, biographical sketches of the authors, and also contain bibliographical notes.

Frank C. Brown organized the North Carolina Folklore Society in 1913. Both Dr. Brown and the Society collected stores from individuals--Brown through his classes at Duke University and through his summer expeditions in the North Carolina mountains, and the Society by interviewing its members--and also levied on the previous collections made by friends and members of the Society. The result was a large mass of texts and notes assembled over a period of nearly forty years and covering every aspect of local tradition.