Cajun and Creole Folktales, collected and annotated by Barry Jean Ancelet, assembles and classifies the abundant lore and storytelling prevalent in the French culture of southern Louisiana. It is the largest, most diverse, and best annotated collection of French-language tales ever published in the United States. This book reveals the long and lively heritage of the Louisiana folktale among French Creoles and Cajuns and shows how tale-telling in Louisiana has remained vigorous and constantly changing.
softcover, 224 pages