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6. Nelson, op. cit., 135.
7. "Chain: Al Smith Gets Thousand Share-Wealth Letters, One Dime,"
Newsweek, V (May 18, 1935), 9-10.
8. Nelson, op. cit., 135-136.
9. Ibid., 135-136.
10. Olson, op. cit., 44.
11. "Chain: Al Smith ...," op. cit., 9.
12. "Chain-Letter 'Prosperity-by-Mail,"' Literary Digest, CXIX (May 18,
1935), 38.
13. Nelson, op. cit., 136-137.
14. Nelson, op. cit., 137.
15. "Chain-Letter 'Prosperity-by-Mail,"' op. cit. 16. Nelson, op. cit., 136.
17. "Chain-Letter 'Prosperity-by-Mail,"' op. cit.
18. Nelson, op. cit., 136-137.
19. "Chain Letter Lottery," Science Letter, LXIV (December 12, 1953),
372.
20. Olson, op. cit., 44.
21. "Chain Charity," The Independent, LXXXVI (May 8, 1916), 199.
22. Ibid.
23. Laurence M. Bourne, "Tulipomania," Horticulture, XLI (May, 1963),
264. Most of the information in Mr. Bourne's article was taken from
John Beckmann's A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins,
vol. i (London, 1846), pp. 22-31.
24. Robert M. Yoder, "Sucker's Delight," Saturday Evening Post,
CCXX (November 22, 1947), 12.
25. Ibid.
26. "High Finance," Time, LXV (January 31, 1955), 8o.
27. "Chain Letters: Cast a Dime on the Waters and Get Rich," News-
week V (April 27, 1935), 8.
28. "Quick Riches," Literary Digest, CXXIII (April 24, 1937), 5.
29. Nelson, op. cit., 135.
30. "Prosperity Club Idea Is Replacing Send-Dime Letter," St. Louis
Post Dispatch, May 1o, 1935, p. 3A.
31. Stanley Milgram, "The Small-World Problem," Psychology Today,
I (May, 1967), 60-67.
32. Yoder, op. cit.
33. Nelson, op. cit., 137.
34. "Chain Letter Lottery," op. cit., 372.
35. "Anti-'Racket' Rulings," The American City, L (July, 1935), 68.
36. "Chain-Letter 'Prosperity-by-Mail,"' op. cit., 38.Robert J. Duncan
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Volume of "a collection of essays by contemporary folklorists who are writing about the customs and traditions and the songs and the stories that are going on now" (inside the front cover). It includes information about the folklore of cowboys, rodeos, chain letters and marijuana, as well as information about country, swing and gospel music. Index begins on page 301.
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