Sweet Land of Story
Thirty-six American Tales to Tell
Little Rock, AR : August House, 2000.
Format: Book
Description: 176 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Thirty-six true, tall, and traditional tales, primarily from the nineteenth century or earlier, selected by a professional storyteller and divided by the region of the United States from which they originated.
Contents:
Chicken-coop jail (Massachusetts) -- Amazingly long time (New York) -- Agnes and Henry, a love story (Massachusetts) -- Legend of Peter Rugg (New England) -- Dutchman's Inn (Pennsylvania) -- Pulling the rope (Conn.) -- Ghost dog (Virginia) -- Poor Tail-eee-poe (Kentucky) -- Caleb's wild ride (Virgina) -- Old Joe and the carpenter (North Carolina) -- Sam Davis and the hangman's noose (Tenn.) -- Big, smelly, hairy toe (North Carolina) -- Pecos Bill (Texas) -- Bluebonnet (Comanche/Texas) -- Salting the pudding (Alabama) -- Strongest of all (Louisiana) -- Sam Bass (Texas) -- Haint that roared (Alabama) -- Jack and the bogey man (Texas) -- What gold? (Kansas) -- What you wish for (Ojibwa/Michigan) -- Saint Johnny of the apple orchards (Ohio) -- Calamity Jane (South Dakota) -- Jesse James saves the day (Missouri) -- Buffalo Bill Cody and the bandits (Rocky Mountains) -- Not even a Saint (New Mexico) -- Devil's tower (Arapaho/Wyoming) -- Mountain man and the grizzlies (Colorado) -- Shoot-out in Benson (Arizona) -- La Escalara Famosa / The famous stair (New Mexico) -- Scarface (Blackfoot/Northern Rockies) -- His mother tongue (Calif.) -- Pu-nia and the Shark King (Hawaii) -- Paul Bunyan makes progess (Pacific northwest) -- Why animals have no fire (Couer d'Alene/Idaho) -- Eagle Island (Tlingit/Alaska).
Subjects:
Tales -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Folklore -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Storytelling -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Literary collections -- Juvenile literature.
Tales -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Folklore -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Storytelling -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Literary collections -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: 690L
ISBN:
0874835690 (alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C FOLKLORE North Am. Swe | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Children's NonFiction | In |
C FOLKLORE North Am. Swe | Southeast | Children's NonFiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references.