Journal of American Folklore
Volume 117, Number 464, Spring 2004
E-ISSN: 1535-1882 Print ISSN: 0021-8715
DOI: 10.1353/jaf.2004.0052
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McMahon, F. F. (Felicia Faye)
Sitting Up with the Dead: A Storied Journey through the American South (review)
Journal of American Folklore - Volume 117, Number 464, Spring 2004, pp. 205-206
University of Illinois Press
Felicia Faye McMahon - Sitting Up with the Dead: A Storied Journey
through the American South (review) - Journal of American Folklore
117:464 Journal of American Folklore 117.464 (2004) 205-206 Sitting Up with the Dead: A Storied Journey through the
American South.By Pamela Petro. (New York: Arcade Publishing, 2001. Pp.
xviii + 412, storyteller index.) Written by a professional journalist,
Sitting Up with the Dead: A Storied Journey through the American South,
is an unusual travel memoir comprised of folktales told to her by
regional storytellers. Lacking footnotes or bibliography, it is not an
academic tome aimed at providing an in-depth analysis. Yet, the author
is...