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Lädt ... American folklore and legend (Original 1978; 1978. Auflage)
Werk-InformationenAmerican Folklore and Legend von Robert Dolezal (1978)
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An anthology of popular American stories, poems, songs, and lore that have become part of the folklore of the United States. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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I would supplement this book with another more recent book called Americanon: An Unexpected U.S. History in Thirteen Bestselling Books by Jess McHugh. Both volumes delve into how we, as Americans, see ourselves as compared to the stories we share. That whole notion of Americans being victims of their own overconfidence? That's rooted in our national identity. I would take it further and say all of the westward expansion from the founding to the present was the product of the restless explorer-wannabe seeking a better life elsewhere.
"Hardly anyone now alive can remember all the way back to the time when technology and the mass media had not yet begun to dominated our way of life."
The above quote appears near the end of the book, a book published in 1978, and I did a double-take appreciating how true it was then and how much more true that statement is today. ( )