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American author, forklorist and cultural critic (1917–1999)

Gershon Legman
Born	November 2, 1917 Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	February 23, 1999(1999-02-23) (aged 81) Opio, Bar-sur-Loup, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Pen name	Roger-Maxe de la Glannège
Occupation	Writer, folklorist

Gershon Legman (November 2, 1917 – February 23, 1999) was an American cultural critic, folklorist, and author of The Rationale of the Dirty Joke (1968) and The Horn Book: Studies in Erotic Folklore and Bibliography (1964).

Early life and education

Legman was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Emil and Julia Friedman Legman, both of Hungarian-Jewish descent; his father was a railroad clerk and butcher. After a failed stab at rabbinical school^[1] Legman attended and graduated from Scranton's Central High School, where Jane Jacobs and Cy Endfield were classmates.

He enrolled in the University of Michigan for one semester in the fall of 19