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Ozark Tales and Superstitions

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I gave this one two stars simply for the vague effort put into it. Overall the books is rather poorly written, source documentaiton is almost nonexsistent and to be quite frank, the writing style is beyond boring. Having lived here in the Ozarks for all of my life (well over 60 years) and having accomlished some modest research in this area myself, I was very, very disappointed in this work. Actually, I am not at all sure if this author ever lived here, or even visited. If you are interested in this area of study, I suggest "Ozark Magic and Folklore" by Vance Randolph. This is a older book, but well worth the search to find it. I Do not recommend this work.

I love stories about supertitions and myths but this book really falls short. The stories are mostly dull and lack details that could have been used to make them interesting. The section about outlaws was very boring and pitiful. The (very short) pages about supertitions was entirely without merit. All that was written was a list of superstitions and the author gave NO detail about how they came about. I also found the book to be very short and I read it in less than one hour. For the price, it was ... not worth the money ...

WOW This book was great. I am into the superstitions and I really enjoyed this book.. I live in Baxter Springs Kansas which is only 10 miles from the "ozarks" and I enjoy hearing about all of the awesome tales. I highly recomend this book to anyone who is superstitious