Vance Randolph

Randolph, Vance

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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 wrote a number of books on topics including the Ozarks, *Little Blue Books*, and juvenile fiction. Randolph was born in Pittsburg, Kansas, the son of a lawyer and a teacher. Despite being born in a privileged home, Randolph dropped out of high school to work on leftist leaning publications. This did not stop him from attending college and he graduated from what is now Pittsburg State University in 1914. He pursued graduate work at Clark University and received a Master of Arts degree in psychology. He moved to Pineville, McDonald County, Missouri in 1919. He never moved away from the Ozarks and remained in the Ozark Mountains from 1920 until his death. He met his first wife in McDonald County, Marie Wardlaw Wilbur, and made a living by writing for sporting and outdoor publications. While writing, Randolph used pseudonyms, but never for his work on the Ozark culture. In 1927, Randolph had his first article published in the Journal of American Folklore, based on work on Ozark dialect and folk beliefs. The dialect work led to multiple publications throughout the 1920's and 1930's in American Speech and Dialect Notes. In 1947, Randolph had his first major book release, published through Columbia University, Ozark Superstitions. Randolph wrote about non-folklore aspects of Ozark society, such as music. His *Ozark Mountain Folks* describes the creation of a distinctive church choir singing style created by a corps of uncredentialed, itinerant choral instructors. *Pissing in the Snow and Other Ozark Folktales* was a national bestseller. He published over a dozen works on Ozark folklore. A longtime member of The Missouri Folklore Society, 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. [Wikipedia][1] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vance_Randolph

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Unprintable Ozark folksongs and folklore
Representative edition published 1992
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Ozark folklore
Representative edition published 1987
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Pissing in the Snow and Other Ozark Folktales
Representative edition published 1983
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Ozark Folksongs (Religious Songs & Other Items)
Representative edition published 1980
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Ozark Folksongs
Representative edition published 1980
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Pissing in the snow and other Ozark folktales
Representative edition published 1977
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Pissing in the Snow and other Ozark folktales
Representative edition published 1976
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Who blowed up the church house? And other Ozark folk tales
Representative edition published 1975
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Ozark superstitions
Representative edition published 1964
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Ozark magic and folklore
Representative edition published 1964
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The Devil's pretty daughter, and other Ozark folk tales
Representative edition published 1955
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Down in the holler
Representative edition published 1953
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Who blowed up the church house?
Representative edition published 1952
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We always lie to strangers
Representative edition published 1951
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How to know the spiders
Representative edition published 1925
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New experiments in animal psychology
Representative edition published 1925
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Life among the butterflies
Representative edition published 1925
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Life among the ants
Representative edition published 1925
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A history of the mediaeval Christian church
Representative edition published 1924
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Life among the bees
Representative edition published 1924
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Pissing in the snow
Representative edition published 1988
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Vance Randolph in the Ozarks
Representative edition published 1981
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Hot springs and hell
Representative edition published 1965
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Ozark magic and folklore
Representative edition published 1964
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