| Description |
214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 211-214. |
| Summary |
Presents tall tales indigenous to America, tales of European and African immigrants, and folklore of American Indians and Eskimos. |
| Contents |
Indian and Eskimo tales. The giant sturgeon (Central Woodland) / Thomas B. Leekly -- How the seven brothers saved their sister (Plains) / Grace Jackson Penney -- In the beginning ; Raven lets out the daylight (North Pacific) / Frances Martin -- How Coyote stole fire (Plains) / Gail Robinson and Douglas Hill -- How Glooskap found the summer (North-east Woodland) / Charles G. Leland -- Sedna the sea goddess (Eskimo) / Helen R. Caswell -- How Saynday got the sun (Plains) / Alice Marriott -- Big Long Man's corn patch (South-west) / Dorothy Hogner -- Poor turkey girl (South-west) / Virginia Haviland -- Scarface (North Pacific) / George B. Grinnell -- The Indian Cinderella (North-east Woodland) / Cyrus Macmillan -- Star maiden (Central Woodland) / Virginia Haviland -- The blessed gift of joy is bestowed upon man (Eskimo) / Knud Rasmussen. |
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Black American tales. Tar baby (West Virginia) / Dora Lee Newman -- How Ole Woodpecker got Ole Rabbit's conjure bag (Missouri) / Mary Alicia Owen -- Conjure wives (Southern) / Frances G. Wickes -- Wiley and the hairy man (Alabama) / Donnell Van de Voort -- Jean Sotte (Louisiana) / Alcée Fortier. |
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European tales brought by immigrants. How Jack went to seek his fortune (New England) / Francis L. Palmer -- Twist-mouth family (Southern Appalachia) / Maria Leach -- A stepchild that was treated mighty bad (Southern Appalachia) / Maria Campbell -- Nippy and the Yankee Doodle (Southern Appalachia) / Leonard Roberts -- Old fire dragaman (Southern Appalachia) / Richard Chase. |
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Tall tales. Pecos Bill becomes a coyote (Southwest) / James Cloyd Bowman -- Babe the blue ox (Northwest) / Esther Shephard -- Stormalong fights the Kraken (New England) / Anne B. Malcolmson and Dell J. MccCormick -- Strong but quirky (Southern frontier) / Irwin Shapiro -- Johnny Appleseed (New England to Midwest) / Walter Blair. |
| Subject |
Folklore -- United States.
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Indians of North America -- Folklore.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Folklore.
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| Subject |
Tales -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Haviland, Virginia, 1911-1988.
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Strugnell, Ann.
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| ISBN |
0529054574: $7.95 |
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9780529054579 |
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0399208100 |
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9780399208102 |
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