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A very, very boastful kangaroo brags that it can jump higher than anyone, but a teeny, tiny kangaroo cleverly wins the jumping contest
By William Ferris (editor)

Paperback:

9781604733914 | Univ Pr of Mississippi, October 30, 1986, cover price $25.00
9780878053063 | Reprint edition (Univ Pr of Mississippi, September 1, 1986), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: This omnibus volume offers a unique look at a fascinating and evocative strain of art that originated chiefly in the rural American South and in the black cultural centers as blacks migrated across the continent.

School and Library:

9780152023492, titled "The Very Boastful Kangaroo" | Houghton Mifflin, August 1, 1999, cover price $10.95 | also contains The Very Boastful Kangaroo | About this edition: A very, very boastful kangaroo brags that it can jump higher than anyone, but a teeny, tiny kangaroo cleverly wins the jumping contest

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Offers a large-scale, detailed portrait of life and culture in the Southern United States. Bibliogs

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9780807818237 | Univ of North Carolina Pr, July 1, 1989, cover price $90.95 | About this edition: Offers a large-scale, detailed portrait of life and culture in the Southern United States.

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Product Description: The American South is a geographical entity, a historical fact, a place in the imagination, and the homeland of an array of Americans who consider themselves southerners. The region is often shrouded in romance and myth, but its realities are as intriguing, as intricate, as its legends...read more

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9780385415460 | Anchor Books, April 1, 1991, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: The American South is a geographical entity, a historical fact, a place in the imagination, and the homeland of an array of Americans who consider themselves southerners.

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Product Description: The American South is a geographical entity, a historical fact, a place in the imagination, and the homeland of an array of Americans who consider themselves southerners. The region is often shrouded in romance and myth, but its realities are as intriguing, as intricate, as its legends...read more

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9780385415477 | Anchor Books, April 1, 1991, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: The American South is a geographical entity, a historical fact, a place in the imagination, and the homeland of an array of Americans who consider themselves southerners.

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Product Description: 1991 Anchor Books trade paperback, Charles Reagan Wilson (Editor), William Ferris (Editor). Organized into 24 thematic sections within four volumes, this comprehensive reference is a scholarly and at times humorous examination of the American South, covering a variety of topics, including the region's geography and cuisine, Elvis, the blues and Gone with the Wind ...read more

Paperback:

9780385415484 | Anchor Books, May 1, 1991, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: 1991 Anchor Books trade paperback, Charles Reagan Wilson (Editor), William Ferris (Editor).

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Product Description: The essays in this collection range from the impact of technology on the British folksong revival to regional characteristics of early rock and roll in New Orleans. Attention is given to the blues, Sacred Harp singing, ethnic music, both black and white gospel, country music, and the polka...read more

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9780878051571 | Univ Pr of Mississippi, September 1, 1982, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: The essays in this collection range from the impact of technology on the British folksong revival to regional characteristics of early rock and roll in New Orleans.

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By William Ferris (editor) and Glenn Hinson (editor)

Hardcover:

9780807833469, titled "Folklife: Folklife" | Univ of North Carolina Pr, January 1, 2010, cover price $49.95

Paperback:

9780807859896, titled "Folklife: Folklife" | Univ of North Carolina Pr, January 1, 2010, cover price $23.95

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Paperback:

9781469628875 | Pap/com re edition (Univ of North Carolina Pr, February 15, 2016), cover price $28.00

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Provides alphabetically arranged entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of each major United States region.
By William Ferris (foreword by), Paul S. Piper (contributor) and Amanda Rees (editor)

Hardcover:

9780313327339 | Greenwood Pub Group, December 30, 2004, cover price $98.00 | About this edition: Provides alphabetically arranged entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of each major United States region.

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Provides alphabetically arranged entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of each major United States region.
By William Ferris (editor)

Hardcover:

9780313332661 | Greenwood Pub Group, December 30, 2004, cover price $422.00 | About this edition: Provides alphabetically arranged entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of each major United States region.

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Interviews with Mississippi folk artists describe why and how they work at painting, sculpting, needlework, quilting, and making fifes, baskets, and other items

Paperback:

9780385419277 | Reprint edition (Anchor Books, April 1, 1992), cover price $12.50 | About this edition: Interviews with Mississippi folk artists describe why and how they work at painting, sculpting, needlework, quilting, and making fifes, baskets, and other items

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Hardcover:

9780974270739 | Univ of Virginia Pr, May 6, 2011, cover price $49.95

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Provides alphabetically arranged entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of each major United States region.
By William Ferris (foreword by), Robert P. Marzec (editor) and Paul S. Piper (contributor)

Hardcover:

9780313329548 | Greenwood Pub Group, December 30, 2004, cover price $98.00 | About this edition: Provides alphabetically arranged entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of each major United States region.

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Provides alphabetically arranged entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of each major United States region.
By William Ferris (foreword by), Judith Yaross Lee (editor), Paul S. Piper (contributor) and Joseph W. Slade (editor)

Hardcover:

9780313324932 | 1 edition (Greenwood Pub Group, December 30, 2004), cover price $98.00 | About this edition: Provides alphabetically arranged entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of each major United States region.

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Provides alphabetically arranged entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of each major United States region.
By William Ferris (foreword by), Paul S. Piper (contributor) and Michael Sletcher (editor)

Hardcover:

9780313327537 | Greenwood Pub Group, December 30, 2004, cover price $98.00 | About this edition: Provides alphabetically arranged entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of each major United States region.

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Provides alphabetically arranged entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of each major United States region.
By Aaron Di Franco (editor), William Ferris (foreword by), Jan Goggans (editor) and Paul S. Piper (contributor)

Hardcover:

9780313330438 | Greenwood Pub Group, December 30, 2004, cover price $98.00 | About this edition: Provides alphabetically arranged entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of each major United States region.

Product Description: Book by Vermilye, Dyckman W.

Hardcover:

9780875893457 | Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, June 1, 1977, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Book by Vermilye, Dyckman W.

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Provides alphabetically arranged entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of each major United States region.
By William Ferris (foreword by), Rick Newby (editor) and Paul S. Piper (contributor)

Hardcover:

9780313328176 | Greenwood Pub Group, December 30, 2004, cover price $98.00 | About this edition: Provides alphabetically arranged entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of each major United States region.

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An exploration of the history and culture of the South includes alphabetical entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of the region.
By William Ferris (foreword by), Rebecca Mark (editor), Paul S. Piper (contributor) and Rob Vaughan (editor)

Hardcover:

9780313327346 | 1 edition (Greenwood Pub Group, December 30, 2004), cover price $98.00 | About this edition: An exploration of the history and culture of the South includes alphabetical entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of the region.

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By William R. Ferris (introduced by), Alan Lomax and Tom Piazza (contributor)

Hardcover:

9780393081077 | W W Norton & Co Inc, December 10, 2012, cover price $35.00

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Provides alphabetically arranged entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of each major United States region.
By Mark Busby (editor), William Ferris (foreword by) and Paul S. Piper (contributor)

Hardcover:

9780313328053 | Greenwood Pub Group, December 30, 2004, cover price $98.00 | About this edition: Provides alphabetically arranged entries on the architecture, art, ecology, folklore, food, religion, and recreation of each major United States region.

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Product Description: State of the Blues is photographer Jeff Dunas's stirring tribute to the power of the blues, an American tradition that has its roots in the Mississippi Delta and branches that have spread around the world. One of the most vital early expressions of African-American culture, the blues makes poetry of sorrow and finds humor and bitter irony in the hardships of life...read more
By Jeff Dunas and William Ferris (introduced by)

Hardcover:

9780893817992 | Aperture, September 1, 1998, cover price $50.00

Paperback:

9780893818432 | Aperture, March 1, 2003, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: State of the Blues is photographer Jeff Dunas's stirring tribute to the power of the blues, an American tradition that has its roots in the Mississippi Delta and branches that have spread around the world.

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Hardcover:

9781469607542 | Har/com/dv edition (Univ of North Carolina Pr, August 5, 2013), cover price $35.00

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By Anthony P. Cavender (editor), William Ferris (foreword by) and Ted Olson (editor)

Paperback:

9781572336681 | Univ of Tennessee Pr, November 15, 2009, cover price $29.95
9780155003774, titled "The Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy" | Harcourt College Pub, June 1, 1994, cover price $30.92 | also contains The Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy

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