| (Where no source is given, the reviews were published in the Springfield (MO) News-Leader, and I no longer have the specific publication information. If no link is provided, I no longer have copies of the reviews.) |
Review of Advanced Educational Foundations for Teachers: The History, Philosophy, and Culture of Schooling.By Donald Sharpes..New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2002. Teachers College Record. Under consideration.. |
Review of Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World. Ed. by Kathleen Ragan. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1998. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 25(2032): In press |
Review of Amulet of Greek Earth: Generations of Immigrant Folk Culture. By Helen Papanikolas. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2002. . Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 25(2003): In press. |
Review of Perspectives on the Jack Tales and Other North American Märchen. Edited by Lindahl, Carl.. Special Publications of the Folklore Institute. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 25(2003): In press. |
Review of Myths, Legends, & Folktales of America: An Anthology. By D. Leeming and J. Page. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 23(2001): 194-195. |
Review of Polish-American Folklore. By Deborah R. Silverman. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2000. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 23(2001): 192-193. |
Review of Black Texans: A History of African Americans in Texas, 1528-1995, 2nd ed. By Alwin Barr. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 23(2001): 189-190. |
Review of Frontier Children. By Linda Peavey and Ursula Smith. Foreword by Elliott West. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 23(2001): 190-191. |
Review of North American Folktales. By Catherine Peck, Ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1998. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 23(2001): 193-194. |
Review of Myths, Legends, & Folktales of America: An Anthology. By D. Lemming and J. Page. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 23(2001): 194-195. |
Review of Winning The Dust Bowl. By Carter Revard. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2001. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 23(2001): 191-192. |
Review of Always A People: Oral Histories of Contemporary Woodland Indians. By Rita Kohn and W. Lynwood Montell, Coll. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997. Missouri Folklore Society Journal , 24(2002). 136-137. |
Review of A rtistry in Native American Myths . By Karl Kroeber. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998. Missouri Folklore Society Journal , 24(2002). 137-139. |
Review of Black Valor: Buffalo Soldiers and the Medal of Honor, 1870-1898. By Frank N. Schubert. Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 1997. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 23(2001). In press. |
Review of Blue Roots: African-American Folk Magic of the Gullah People. By Roger Pinckney. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1998. Missouri Folklore Society Journal , 22(2000): 128-129 |
Review of American Indian Genesis: The Story of Creation. By Percy Bullchild. Berkeley, CA: Seastone, 1998. Missouri Folklore Society Journal , 24(2002). 140-142. |
Review of North to Montana: Jehus, Bullwhackers, and Mule Skinners on the Montana Trail. By Betty M. and Brigham D. Madsen. Logan: Utah State University Press, 1998. Missouri Folklore Society Journal , 24(2002). 139-140. |
Review of All the World's Reward: Folktales Told by Five Scandinavian Storytellers. By Reimund Kvideland and Henning Sehmsdorf, eds. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1999. Missouri Folklore Society Journal , 24(2002). 145. |
Review of Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends. By Jan Harold Brunvand. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1999. Missouri Folklore Society Journal , 22(2000): 122-124. |
Review of The Truth Never Stands in the Way of A Good Story. By Jan Harold Brunvand. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2000. Missouri Folklore Society Journal , 22(2000): 122-124. |
UFO Crash at Roswell: the Genesis of a Modern Myth. By Benson Saler, Charles A. Ziegler, and Charles B. Moore. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 22(2000). In press. |
Review of Wildcat Whistle: Folklore, Fishing and Hunting Stories from the Mississippi River Valley. By Phil Hoebing. Quincy, IL: Franciscan Press, 1997. Missouri Folklore Society Journal , 22(2000): 133-134. |
Review of Wisconsin Folklore, By James P. Leary. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1998. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 22(2000): 134-135. |
Review of The Man Made of Words: Essays, Stories, Passages, by N. Scott Momaday. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 18-19(1996-97): 183-85. |
Review of Jokes: Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters, By Ted Cohen. Chicago; The University of Chicago Press, 1999. Missouri Folklore Society Journal , 24(2002). 144-145. |
Review of Piled Higher and Deeper: The Folklore of Campus Life, By Simon J. Bronner. Little Rock: August House Publishers, Inc., 1990. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 11-12(1989-90): 192. |
Review of Ozark Folksongs, by Vance Randolph. Abridged Edition, by Norm Cohen. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 4(1982): 111-112. |
Review of The Pure Experience of Order, by Richard C. Poulson. The Liberal and Fine Arts Review, 4(July 1984): 66-67. |
Review of When You're Up To Your Ass in Alligators: More Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire, By Alan Dundes and Carl R. Pagter. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1987. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 11-12(1989-90): 191. |
Review of The Essential Gesture: Writing, Politics and Places, by Nadine Gordimer. Ed. Stephen Clingman. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. 356 pages, with introduction, notes and index. $19.95. |
Review of Miss Mary Mac All Dressed in Black: Tongue Twisters, Jump Rope Rhymes and Other Childrenšs Lore from New England, By Scott E. Hastings, Jr. Little Rock: August House, Inc., 1990. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 11-12(1989-90): 193-4. |
Review of Buried Treasures of the Ozarks: Legends of Lost Gold, Hidden Silver and Forgotten Caches, By W. C. Jameson. Little Rock: August House, Inc., 1990. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 11-12(1989-90): 207-8. |
All I Need Is Love: A Memoir, by Klaus Kinski; Random House, 1988; 265 pages. $19.95. |
The Wrong-Handed Man, by Lawrence Millman. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1988. ISBN 0-8262-0674-3. |
Review of 100 Successful College Application Essays, edited by Christopher J. and Gigi E. Georges. New York: New American Library, 1988. 274 pages. |
Review of Te Poems of Hesiod, tr. R. M. Fisher. The Liberal and Fine Arts Review, 5(July 1985): 80-81. |
Review of Mandela's Earth And Other Poems, By Wole Soyinka. New York: Random House, 1988. 70 pages. $13.95 |
Review of The Consecrated Cross-Eyed Bear: Stories from the Less-Solemn Side of Church Life, By Charles Allbright. Little Rock: August House, Inc., 1990. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 11-12(1989-90): 217-9. |
Review of Roads That Seldom Curve: Growing Up Along the Mississippi. By Al Allen. Little Rock: August House, Inc., 1990. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 11-12(1989-90): 222-23 |
Review of Folklore Matters, By Alan Dundes, Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press. 1989. |
Review of Same Blood, By Mermer Blakeslee. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Co., 1989. 178 pages. |
Review of Mister, You Got Yourself A Horse: Tales of Old-Time Horse Trading. Welsch, Roger, Ed. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1981. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 11-12(1989-90): 187-88. |
Review of Blue Highways: A Journey into America, By William Least Heat Moon. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 5(1983): 55-56. |
Review ofThe Rise of Colleges, By George Makdisi. Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching, 11(Spring 1983): 8. (I'm currently unable to locate a copy.) |
Review of Yurok Myths, By A. E. Kroeber. American Indian Quarterly, 3(Autumn 1977): 256-7. |