01700cam a2200289 i 4500 335289988 ER5 20171115120000.0 171010s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017042550 9780871407535 hardcover 0871407531 hardcover DLC eng rda DLC SKYRV ER5 rda The annotated African American folktales / edited with a foreword, introduction, and notes by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar. First edition. New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2018] New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2018] 651 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar have assembled a collection of folktales, myths, and legends that represents the most comprehensive collection of African American folktales published in American literary history. Gates and Tatar present nearly 150 African American stories, among them familiar Brer Rabbit classics, stories like T́he Talking Skull ánd Ẃitches Who Ride, ás well as out-of-print tales from the 1890s Śouthern Workman. Presenting these tales with annotations and illustrations, The Annotated African American Folktales reminds us that stories not only move, entertain, and instruct but, inspire and keep hope alive. African Americans Folklore. Gates, Henry Louis, editor. Tatar, Maria, 1945-, editor.