The Saga of Coe Ridge: A Study in Oral History

". . . a new and long needed departure in American historiography. . . . This is in every way an impressive book. It contains detailed accounts of the informants, tables of folklore motifs, genealogical charts, a prologue and epilogue explaining authoritatively the hypotheses of oral traditional history, and handsome photographs of the Coe Ridge area."
—Richard M. Dorson, Journal of American History
"Lynwood Montell has written an invaluable book for all those interested in the use of oral ...