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Vance Randolph (February 23, 1892 – November 1, 1980) was a folklorist who studied the folklore of the Ozarks in particular. He wrote a number of books on the Ozarks, as well as Little Blue Books and juvenile fiction.
Vance Randolph, Ozark Magic and Folklore, 1947 (Dover, 2003, ISBN 978-0486211817) Robert Gannon, "Balls O'Fire – PM Tracks Down Ozark Spooklight", in Popular Mechanics, September 1965, p. 116 [ISBN missing]
One other opportunistic interview, this one near a swimming pool in Galena Missouri, with the well-known Ozark folklorist Vance Randolph proved to be especially fortunate for her future writing career. [4] Randolph was impressed with Fern's youth and initiative and the two became lifelong friends as well as frequent writing collaborators.
The News-Leader compiled a list of nine books released by Ozarks authors, ranging from children's books to biographies on Ozark folklorists. In need of a last-minute holiday gift? Here are 9 books ...
1949. Review of Ozark Folksongs, Vols. II-III, by Vance Randolph. Journal of American Folklore, 62, 453-55. 1950. “Children's Rhymes from Missouri.” (written in collaboration with Vance Randolph) Journal of American Folklore, 63, 425-37. 1950. “Skeletons from a Homespunner's Closet,” From the Manuscript of James S. Williams.
A rural Ozarks scene. Phelps County, Missouri The Saint Francois Mountains, viewed here from Knob Lick Mountain, are the exposed geologic core of the Ozarks.. The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, as well as a small area in the southeastern corner of Kansas. [1]
Hays came naturally by his interest in folk music since his uncle was the eminent Missouri and Arkansas folklorist Vance Randolph, [1] author of, among other works, the bestselling Pissing in the Snow and Other Ozark Folktales and Who Blewed Up the Church House?.
The hugag, a typical fearsome critter.Illustration by Coert DuBois from Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods by William T. Cox.. In North American folklore and American mythology, fearsome critters were tall tale animals jokingly said to inhabit the wilderness in or around logging camps, [1] [2] [3] especially in the Great Lakes region.