Voodoo Priests, Noble Savages, and Ozark Gypsies: The Life of Folklorist Mary Alicia Owen

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VOODOO PRIESTS, NOBLE SAVAGES, AND OZARK GYPSIES Missouri Biography Series William E. Foley, Editor VOODOO PRIESTS, NOBLE SAVAGES, AND OZARK GYPSIES The Life of Folklorist Mary Alicia Owen GREG OLSON UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI PRESS COLUMBIA AND LONDON Copyright © 2012 by The Curators of the University of Missouri University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri 65201 Printed and bound in the United States of America All rights reserved 5 4 3 2 1 16 15 14 13 12 Cataloging-in-Publication data available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-0-8262-1996-1 This paper meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48, 1984. Jacket design: Whitney Fenzel Composition: Jennifer Cropp Printing and binding: Thomson-Shore, Inc. Typefaces: Palatino and LinotypeZapfino For Rebecca Schroeder, who introduced me to the world and work of Mary Alicia Owen ...