Edition |
[1st ed.]. |
Description |
318 pages illustrations 29 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary |
A collection of folk tales and legends, including Paul Bunyon; Johnny Appleseed; Davy Crockett; Casey Jones; Billy the Kid; and Jesse James. |
Contents |
Paul Bunyan -- Old Stormalong -- Pecos Bill -- Johnny Appleseed -- John Henry -- Daniel's dear -- Davy Crockett -- Mike Fink -- annie Christmas -- Casey Jones -- Joe Magarac -- Gib Morgan -- State Lore (alphabetical) -- Billy the kid -- Railroad Bill -- Jesse James -- Stackalee -- Spring flood -- Icebergs -- The talking-match -- They just go round -- Mosquitoes -- Callin' the dog -- the shaggy dog -- The ghostly hitchhiker -- The big black umbrella -- The yellow ribbon -- Never -- Five drowned -- Oh, deary me -- Miss Jenny Jones -- Shall I be so? -- You'd scream too -- Lovers' leaps -- Humbug -- Spuyten Duyvil -- The phantom ship of the Hudson -- Wokun -- The Lincoln totem pole -- Chestnuts -- Jean Sot -- Roommates -- The talking mule -- Why lizard can't sit -- Never mind them watermelons -- The goat that flagged the train -- Grandma'am Hinkel and the phantom dog -- The dough image -- Twist-mouth family -- Young Charlotte -- The movie show -- Yankees -- The big warm dog -- That fellow -- Caldera Dick -- The piper -- Black Bartelmy -- Kunikdjuaq, a bear story of the Inuit (Alaska) -- The songs of the animals (Coast Salish: Washington) -- Atam and Im (Thompson River Indians: British Columbia) -- The acorn maidens (Karok: California) -- Ants (Diegueno: California) -- The center of the world (Zuni: New Mexico) -- Turkey girl (Tewa: New Mexico) -- Gluskap (Micmac: New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) -- Fire, a story of the Alabama Indians -- The Milky Way (Seminole: Florida) -- A Chimalteco story (Guatemala) -- The Eternal Wanderer (Miskito: Honduras and Nicaragua) -- Leon and the lion (Mexico) -- The armadillos (Taulipang: Guiana) -- A Catio Indian legend (Colombia) -- Fire, a story of the Toba Indians (Argentine Chaco) -- Milomaki (Yahuna: Brazil) -- Sun and moon (Ona: Tierra del Fuego). |
Subject |
Tales -- United States.
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Legends -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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Folklore -- United States.
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Legends. (OCoLC)fst00995592
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Tales. (OCoLC)fst01142246
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Cuentos populares -- Estados Unidos.
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Leyendas -- Estados Unidos.
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Genre/Form |
Juvenile works (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Other Form: |
Online version: Leach, Maria. Rainbow book of American folk tales and legends. [1st ed.]. Cleveland, World Pub. Co. [1958] (OCoLC)580725502 |
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