| Description |
128 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Squonks, Whiffle-pooffles, and Gillygaloos -- Rattlers and rollers -- Grizzlies, extra special -- Fish friends -- The hoss-mackerel and Bassoon Bobby -- Big bucks and bullfrogs -- The sooner hound and Flying-jib -- Old Sock and the swimming pigs -- Biters, hoppers, and feathered floppers. |
| Summary |
A collection of American tall tales about such animals as a rattlesnake that knew Morse code, mosquitoes as big as police dogs, and birds that flew backward, not to mention the Squonks, Whifflepooffles, and Gillygaloos. Includes stories featuring American folk heroes like Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, Bowleg Bill, and Uncle Davy Lane. |
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A collection of American tall tales about such animals as a rattlesnake that knew Morse code, mosquitoes as big as police dogs, and birds that flew backward, not to mention the Squonks, Whifflepooffles, and Gillygaloos. |
| Subject |
Animals -- Folklore.
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Folklore -- United States.
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Animals -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Rounds, Glen, 1906-2002 illustrator.
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