Louisiana Folktales these primary documents and images

these primary documents and images allow readers to get as close as possible to what life was like during the time of the gatherings in Congo Square

by Alceé Fortier

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Louisiana Folktales these primary documents and imagesLouisiana Folktales: Lapin, Bouki, and Other Creole Stories in French Dialect and English Translation by Alce Fortier; introduction by Russell Desmond This collection constitutes the first complete anthology of the folktales collected by linguist historian Alce Fortier, including complete facsimiles of the original 1895 edition of Louisiana Folktales, as well as facsimiles of the stories published in the Publications of the Modern Language Association