Vance Randolph
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Vance Randolph (February 23, 1892 - November 1, 1980) was a famous folklorist who studied the folklore of the Ozarks in particular. He has written a number of books on topics including the Ozarks, Little Blue Books, and juvenile fiction.
Randolph was born in Pittsburg, Kansas, and moved to Missouri in 1919. He was elected a Fellow of the American Folklore Society in 1978. He married Mary Celestia Parler in 1962. He died in 1980 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
[edit] Works
- Ozark Folk Songs (four-volume anthology, 1980) ISBN 0-8262-0298-5
- Ozark Magic and Folklore ISBN 0-486-21181-9
- Pissing in the Snow and Other Ozark Folktales (reissued 1997) ISBN 0-252-01364-6
[edit] See also
- Cochran, Robert. Vance Randolph: An Ozark Life. University of Illinois Press, 1985.