Dictionary of Authentic American Proverbs offers a comprehensive reference guide for distinctly American proverbs. Compiled by Wolfgang Mieder, a key figure in the field of proverb studies, this compendium features nearly 1,500 proverbs with American origins, spanning the 17th century to present day, including a scholarly introduction exploring the history of proverbs in America, the structure and variants of these proverbs, known authors and sources, and cultural values expressed in these proverbs. Along with a comprehensive bibliography of proverb collections and interpretive scholarship, this dictionary offers a glimpse into the history of American social and cultural attitudes through uniquely American language.

• Dictionary of Authentic American Proverbs
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Collection
• A. A–authority
• B. babies–buy
• C. cake–customer
• D. danger-dynamite
• E. eagle–eyeballs
• F. facts–future
• G. gain–guys
• H. habit–hurry
• I. I–ivy
• J. job–jungle
• K. keep–knowledge
• L. label–luck
• M. Main Street–music
• N. nature–nut
• O. occasions–owls
• P. package–put up
• Q. quarterbacks–quit
• R. rain–run
• S. safe–sympathy
• T. table–two
• U. umbrella–use
• V. vice–virtue
• W. wagon–wrongs
• Y. year–youth
• Z. zealot–zone
• Bibliography