Folklore in American LiteratureJohn Theodore Flanagan, Arthur Palmer Hudson Illustrates by representative selections of prose and poetry the artistic use of folklore by American authors. |
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Washington Irving The Devil and Tom Walker | 25 |
Harriet Beecher Stowe The Ghost in the Mill | 57 |
Washington Irving The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 64 0 | 83 |
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