American Folk Hero Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World, John Szwed, Viking, 448 pages Marian Kester Coombs Nov 21, 2011 3:23 PM ...

Opinion Editorials Editorial: Leominster celebrates 250th birthday of true American folk hero “Johnny Appleseed, The Man Behind the Folklore” was written by Mark Bodanza, local author and ...

Police say Buford Pusser shot and killed his wife and made up a story about being attacked by a group of men out to kill him.

You might think of folklore as a world of fictional characters from old stories and Disney cartoons, but in American folklore one finds legendary characters grounded in real people. Historical ...