Description |
xii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Note |
Originally published by Houghton Mifflin in 1948. |
Bibliography |
Contains bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Old-Christmas eve -- Gallymanders! Gallymanders! -- Wicked John and the devil -- Mutsmag -- Whitebear Whittington -- Outlaw boy -- Sody Sallyraytus -- Old sow and the three shoats -- How bobtail beat the devil -- Old dry Frye -- Catskins -- Ashpet -- Like meat loves salt -- Soap, soap, soap! -- Skoonkin huntin' -- Presentneed, bymeby, and hereafter -- Sam and Sooky -- Two old women's bet -- Two lost babes -- Only a fair day's huntin' -- Tall cornstalk -- Old Roaney -- Old One-Eye -- Green gourd -- Chunk o'meat. |
Summary |
A retelling of twenty-five authentic folk tales from North Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky. |
Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.8 7.0 88131. |
Subject |
Tales -- North Carolina.
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Tales -- United States -- Virginia.
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Added Author |
Williams, Berkeley, 1904-1976.
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Added Title |
American-English folk tales |
ISBN |
0618346910 |
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0618346902 |
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