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Tall Tale America
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Author : Walter Blair
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2018-12-01
Tall Tale America written by Walter Blair and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
"Johnny Appleseed, Davy Crockett, Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan and John Henry have all become heroes of American folklore. Some of them, like Crokett, were real, but all have become the subject of tall tales. This is a folksy history of the United States, told as if the characters were all real. This panoramic (if completely untrue) history begins with Columbus. . . . En route to its end in the 1940s (where traditional American heroes are enlisted to fight in World War II), it covers the great and small events of our national history, including the overlooked, but important ones, such as the invention of the prairie dog."—Washington Post Book World
American Tall Tales
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Author : Mary Pope Osborne
language : en
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 2013-08-28
American Tall Tales written by Mary Pope Osborne and has been published by Knopf Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-28 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
The perfect addition to every family’s home library and just right for sharing aloud, American Tall Tales introduces readers to America’s first folk heroes in nine wildly exaggerated and downright funny stories. Here are Paul Bunyan, that king-sized lumberjack who could fell “ten white pines with a single swing”; John Henry, with his mighty hammer; Mose, old New York’s biggest, bravest fireman; Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, who could “outgrin, outsnort, outrun, outlift, outsneeze, outsleep, outlie any varmint”; and other uniquely American characters, together in one superb collection. In the tradition of the original nineteenth-century storytellers, Mary Pope Osborne compiles, edits, and adds her own two cents’ worth—and also supplies fascinating historical headnotes. Michael McCurdy’s robust colored wood engravings recall an earlier time, perfectly capturing all the vitality of the men and women who carved a new country out of the North American wilderness.
Tall Tales Of America
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Author : Irwin Shapiro
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2018-12-01
Tall Tales Of America written by Irwin Shapiro and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-01 with History categories.
This wonderful book is a collection of nine tall tales from America by renowned children’s author Irwin Shapiro: Pecos Bill, Anthony and the Mossbunker, Old Stormalong, Johnny Appleseed, Davy Crockett, the Yaller Blossom o’ the Forest, Sam Patch’s Last Leap, Paul Bunyan, John Henry and Joe Magarac the Steel Man. Illustrated throughout by Al Schmidt.
Tell Tale America
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Author : Walter Blair
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1945
Tell Tale America written by Walter Blair and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1945 with categories.
Tall Tale America
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Author : Walter Blair
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987-01
Tall Tale America written by Walter Blair and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-01 with categories.
Tall Tale America
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Author : Walter Blair
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1944
Tall Tale America written by Walter Blair and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1944 with Heroes categories.
The stories of American tall tale heroes--Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and others.
John Henry
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Author : Carol Pugliano-Martin
language : en
Publisher: Benchmark Education Company
Release Date : 2006
John Henry written by Carol Pugliano-Martin and has been published by Benchmark Education Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with African Americans categories.
Perform this American tall tale about how John Henry beat a steam drill.
American Tall Tales
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Author : Adrien Stoutenburg
language : en
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Release Date : 1966
American Tall Tales written by Adrien Stoutenburg and has been published by Dutton Juvenile this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Here are the most robust characters in American legend. Told by a poet with a poet's ear for the impact of words, these American mavericks walk and talk accross the pages in a free, wide way, as they walked and talked accross the free, wide America of pioneer days.
Big Men Big Country
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Author : Paul Robert Walker
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Release Date : 2000
Big Men Big Country written by Paul Robert Walker and has been published by Turtleback Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Folklore categories.
A collection of American tall tales featuring such legendary characters as Davy Crockett, Paul Bunyan, and Pecos Bill.
Febold Feboldson
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Author : Paul R. Beath
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1962-01-01
Febold Feboldson written by Paul R. Beath and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962-01-01 with Social Science categories.
"Paul Bunyan yarns have generally been conceded first place among the lies of all time, but here is Febold Feboldson, a Swede who has pushed his way out front and deserves recognition as the most accomplished, the most unqualified, the least repetitious, and--for a change--the most laughable legendary figure to steal the spotlight."--Buffalo, N.Y., Evening News. "Gorgeous reading for all who love genuine Americana."--The American Mercury. "Let us give Febold his full due as a purely regional phenomenon. As such--as an expression of the never-ending fight of Nebraskans against drought, flood, blistering heat, paralyzing cold, choking dust, and bottomless mud--he is very nearly perfect. . . . Paul Beath has done regional literature a service by collecting these richly imaginative tales."--Victor P. Hass, Chicago Sunday Tribune Magazine of Books. "Everyone who loves American folklore will welcome this book. . . . The book contains no less than fourteen tales or groups of anecdotes, all of them cheerful, sly, or hilarious."--Stanley Vestal, The Daily Oklahoman. "Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, John Henry, and others of heroic mold may move over and listen a while. . . . Febold, the big Swede who homesteaded down on the Dismal River, his only neighbors the Dirtyleg tribe of Indians, is a folk character made almost before our eyes."--Kansas City Star.