VIRGINIA FOLK LEGENDS edited by Thomas E. Barden, Art by Leslie Evans--trade paperback, spine is tight, some edgewear--What do devil dogs, witches, haunted houses, Daniel Boon, Railroad Bill, "Justice John" Crutchfield, and lost silver mines have in common? All are among the subjects included in the vast collection of legends gathered between 1937 and 1942 by the field-workers of the Virginia Writer's Project of the WPA. For decades following the end of the project, these stories lay untouched in the libraries of the University of Virginia. Now, folklorist Thomas E. Barden brings to light these delightful tales, most of which have never been in print.
This is a major regional collection of folklore which contributes not only to the scholarship of southern and Appalachian culture but also to the study of legend as a genre...It amounts to a folk history of Virginia. -Patrick B, . Mullen, Ohio State University
