B. A. BotkinCritiques
Auteur de A Treasury of American Folklore
31+ oeuvres 2,043 utilisateurs 11 critiques 1 Favoris
Critiques
1
Signalé
alco261 | 1 autre critique | May 12, 2012 | Publication: Athens : University of Georgia Press, c1989.
LC Call: E444.L32 1989
Dewey: 398.2/08996073
Subjects:
Slaves > United States > Biography
Slaves > United States > Social conditions
Slaves > United States > Folklore
African Americans > Biography
Folklore > United States
LC Call: E444.L32 1989
Dewey: 398.2/08996073
Subjects:
Slaves > United States > Biography
Slaves > United States > Social conditions
Slaves > United States > Folklore
African Americans > Biography
Folklore > United States
Signalé
dawncarlile | Jul 17, 2011 | A classic collection well worth browsing through or reading cover to cover; Of historical as well as literary interest; Music, games, sidewalk chants incuded
Signalé
annbenjamin | 4 autres critiques | Feb 27, 2010 | I didn't realize this would still be ireadily available, but it doesn't completely surprise me as it is definitely a classic in its field.
Signalé
auntieknickers | 4 autres critiques | Jan 16, 2008 | A unique book which lives up to its sub-title ("The Stories, Tall Tales, Traditions, Ballads and Songs of the American Railroad"). Great fun.½
Signalé
John5918 | 1 autre critique | Apr 23, 2007 | Book Description: Crown Publishers - New York 1955. VG/VG/S. First Edition. Foreword By Carl Carmer. Hardcover Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7" - 9¾" tall. Gilt-stamped blue cloth. Illustrated. Index. xx, 620 p.p. Signed by the Author on the f.e.p. Limited signed edition for the Lower Mississippi Country.
Signalé
Czrbr | Jun 7, 2010 | Book Description: N.Y.: Random House, 1956. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1st Printing. Signed by Author. First Printing stated. ( it is printing rather than edition because much of this material was previously printed in other venues, & now 1st put together to form a NY volume) SIGNED by the Author under the title on the 1st half-title page. Lacks dj , some shelf wear else fine. V/G in full red cloth.
Signalé
Czrbr | Jun 7, 2010 | Book Description: Crown Publishers, NY, 1962, cloth, Dust jacket is missing. Cloth. Very Good . Foreword by Douglas Southall Freeman
Signalé
Czrbr | Jun 7, 2010 | Book Description: New York : Crown Publishers,1945. Thirteenth Printing. Binding is Hardcover; Blue cloth with dragon motif in gilt on front board. Fine.
Cet avis a été signalé par plusieurs utilisateurs comme abusant des conditions d'utilisation et n'est plus affiché (show).
Signalé
Czrbr | 4 autres critiques | Jun 7, 2010 | Book Description: New York: Crown Publishers, 1944. Hard Cover. Very Good - to near Fine/Fair. First Edition. 8vo - over 7" - 9¾" tall. Brick red cloth boards with gilt design on cover and giltprint on spine. Hint of bump at corners. Some dirty spots on page edges. 932 pp. Dust Jacket Very colorful, but with tears, chips, etc. Some browning at cover hinges 1" from hinge. Forward by Carl Sandburg.
Cet avis a été signalé par plusieurs utilisateurs comme abusant des conditions d'utilisation et n'est plus affiché (show).
Signalé
Czrbr | 4 autres critiques | Jun 7, 2010 | Ce site utilise des cookies pour fournir nos services, optimiser les performances, pour les analyses, et (si vous n'êtes pas connecté) pour les publicités. En utilisant Librarything, vous reconnaissez avoir lu et compris nos conditions générales d'utilisation et de services. Votre utilisation du site et de ses services vaut acceptation de ces conditions et termes.
Iron Horses and Iron Men contains stories about railroad work and railroad heroes. Two of the more interesting stories concern Jesus Garcia, the hero of Nacozari, and the adventures of Harry Easton, the engineer of the Bostonian during the New England Hurricane of September 1938.
Apprentice Years is a collection of stories about people and happenings from the beginnings of railroads in the U.S. up through the 1940’s. There are the usual articles about the Andrews raid and Lincoln’s work as a lawyer for the Rock Island Railroad as well as articles about the first train dispatching/control by telegraph and how the Nickel Plate railroad got its name.
Vanishing Types is about people and “the other” railroads – boomers, bandits, hoboes, and cracker-barrel railroads. In addition to vanishing types the section describes vanishing practices as well such as pie-cards, train butchers, nailing a drag, “Pocatello Yardmasters”, and commuters’ lanterns.
Main Line and Sidetrack is all about working on the railroad and has sections about railroad work from the ordinary – the evolution of the track torpedo and the caboose - to the extraordinary - whistle artists ( engineers who could make their engines talk and sing via skillful use of the whistle cord).
The last part, Blues, Ballads, and Work Songs, is just that- a collection of these forms of artistic expression with a focus on the railroad.
The book also has an Appendix which is really just a collection of articles about things railroad that didn’t seem to fit into the first five categories – the battle of the track gauges, the coming of standard time, passenger train naming, etc. The book is well written. See "Common Knowledge" for an example of the writing style. (Text Length - 524 pages, Total Length - 530 pages, includes index.)