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Walter Winfrey, Lacey Manier & Negro Folktales in Michigan

scroll through the pages with the arrows at the middle edges of the book If you do enough research on any interesting topic, person or place you eventually stumble onto 50 equally or more interesting subjects. Through that meandering of semi-related topics you stumble into exactly the thing you were seeking. Such is this find. Years of research on the Eloise Asylum and Ganong Cemetery led me to an interest in Inkster. The fact that Inkster does not have an historical society made it an even more appealing subject to delve into. While I am not black I am interested in preserving all history. Folklore included. A random search a few months ago led me to seek out this title and a placed request through the MELcat library system brought it to my hands. Without even considering that Inkster would be included in the volume (I am pretty mindless about such things at times!) I requested it and was pleasantly surprised when I found its mention in the first chapter. That depiction of Inkster and...