{"product_id":"ozark-magic-folklore-by-vance-rudolph","title":"'Ozark Magic \u0026 Folklore' by Vance Rudolph","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"488\"\u003eA compendium of Ozark superstition, ritual, and everyday belief, drawn from fieldwork rather than armchair myth-making.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"488\"\u003eRandolph moves through specific practices—charms for illness, signs of death, witchcraft accusations, ghost encounters—recording not just what people believed, but how those beliefs structured daily life, conflict, and social order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"490\" data-end=\"801\"\u003eA book of how people use systems—sometimes contradictory ones—to manage fear, illness, land, and each other. It reads less like a catalogue of oddities and more like a map of how a closed world explains itself when formal institutions don’t quite reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"837\" data-end=\"931\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDover edition (1964), unabridged republication of the 1947 Columbia University Press original. Paperback in good condition. Some edge wear and creasing to covers; light handling marks; binding sound; interior clean.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44494540472403,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-04-14T220545.512.png?v=1776168362","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/ozark-magic-folklore-by-vance-rudolph","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}