Halpert, Herbert

Professor Halpert was one of the leading American folklorists of his generation, specializing in traditional narrative, song, and drama. He held senior university posts in the USA before founding and directing the Department of Folklore at the Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Folk Tales, Tall Tales, Trickster Tales and Legends of the Supernatural From the Pinelands of New Jersey: Recorded and Annotated by Herbert Halpert Between 1936 and 1951

2010 0-7734-1323-5
This annotated collection presents a unique corpus of over 400 traditional tales, collected by North America’s most distinguished scholar of Folk Studies. It includes anecdotes, historical and aetiological tales, legends (including the tales of the Jersey Devil), and tall tales. This book contains thirteen black and white photographs.