The Penguin Dictionary of American Folklore is a comprehensive and highly readable encyclopedic dictionary perfect for students and anyone who wishes to explore our country's immensely varied folk traditions. In its pages are the characters-fictional and otherwise-who have become figures of folklore, as well as concepts and legends that are woven into America's consciousness. From the Alamo, alien abductions, and Gene Autry to Bigfoot, the Blues, and Buffalo Bill, to Yankee Doodle, Yiddishisms, and Zydeco, it's all here.