Duncan Emrich
Author
(1908 - 1977)
Duncan Emrich was a professor of English at Columbia University. Then he joined the U.S. Army. During World War II he achieved the rank of major as the official American historian in the Secretary of the General Staff’s office, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force. After the war, he was appointed chief of the Archives of the American Folk Song section of the Library of Congress. He held various positions with the state until, in 1969, he returned to teaching and was a Professor of American Folklore at American University until 1977.
Bibliography
The Book of Wishes and Wishmaking (1971)
A listing of the many occasions on which to wish, like saving the tip of your cherry pie for last and making a wish on it.