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Folktales and Legends of the Middle West

Author : Edward McClelland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780998018812
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book Folktales and Legends of the Middle West written by Edward McClelland and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's first superheroes lived in the Midwest. There was Nanabozho, the Ojibway man-god who conquered the King of Fish, took control of the North Wind, and inspired Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha. Paul Bunyan, the larger-than-life North Woods lumberjack, created Minnesota's 10,000 lakes with his giant footsteps. More recently, Pittsburgh steelworker Joe Magerac squeezed out rails between his fingers, and Rosie the Riveter churned out the planes that won the world's most terrible war. In Folktales and Legends of the Middle West, Edward McClelland collects these stories and more. Readers will learn the sea shanties of the Great Lakes sailors and the spirituals of the slaves following the North Star across the Ohio River, and be frightened by tales of the Lake Erie Monster and Wisconsin's dangerous Hodag. A history of the region as told through its folklore, music, and legends, this is a book every Midwestern family should own.

Folktales and Legends of the Middle West

Author : Edward McClelland
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1948742241
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book Folktales and Legends of the Middle West written by Edward McClelland and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's first superheroes lived in the Midwest. There was Nanabozho, the Ojibway man-god who conquered the King of Fish, took control of the North Wind, and inspired Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha. Paul Bunyan, the larger-than-life North Woods lumberjack, created Minnesota's 10,000 lakes with his giant footsteps. More recently, Pittsburgh steelworker Joe Magerac squeezed out rails between his fingers, and Rosie the Riveter churned out the planes that won the world's most terrible war. In Folktales and Legends of the Middle West, Edward McClelland collects these stories and more. Readers will learn the sea shanties of the Great Lakes sailors and the spirituals of the slaves following the North Star across the Ohio River, and be frightened by tales of the Lake Erie Monster and Wisconsin's dangerous Hodag. A history of the region as told through its folklore, music, and legends, this is a book every Midwestern family should own.

The American Midwest

Author : Andrew R. L. Cayton
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253003490
Total Pages : 1918 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The American Midwest written by Andrew R. L. Cayton and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2006-11-08 with total page 1918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first-ever encyclopedia of the Midwest seeks to embrace this large and diverse area, to give it voice, and help define its distinctive character. Organized by topic, it encourages readers to reflect upon the region as a whole. Each section moves from the general to the specific, covering broad themes in longer introductory essays, filling in the details in the shorter entries that follow. There are portraits of each of the region's twelve states, followed by entries on society and culture, community and social life, economy and technology, and public life. The book offers a wealth of information about the region's surprising ethnic diversity -- a vast array of foods, languages, styles, religions, and customs -- plus well-informed essays on the region's history, culture and values, and conflicts. A site of ideas and innovations, reforms and revivals, and social and physical extremes, the Midwest emerges as a place of great complexity, signal importance, and continual fascination.

Midwest Folklore

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Midwest Folklore written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Greenwood Library of American Folktales: The Northeast, the Midwest, the Mid-Atlantic

Author : Thomas A. Green
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greenwood Library of American Folktales: The Northeast, the Midwest, the Mid-Atlantic written by Thomas A. Green and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2006 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged by geographical regions, an anthology of American folktales offers legends, myths, folktalkes, jokes, and personal experiences.

Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America

Author : David Leeming
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199840261
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America written by David Leeming and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-07-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This marvelous collection brings together the great myths and legends of the United States--from the creation stories of the first inhabitants, to the tall tales of the Western frontier, to the legendary outlaws of the 1920s, and beyond. This thoroughly engaging anthology is sweeping in its scope, embracing Big Foot and Windigo, Hiawatha and Uncle Sam, Paul Revere and Billy the Kid, and even the Iroquois Flying Head and Elvis. In the book's section on dogmas and icons, for instance, Leeming and Page discuss the American melting pot, the notion of manifest destiny, and the imposing historical and literary figure of Henry Adams. And under Heroes and Heroines, they have assembled everyone from "Honest Abe" Lincoln and George "I Cannot Tell a Lie" Washington to Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, and Martin Luther King, Jr. For every myth or hero rendered here, the editors include an informative yet readable excerpt, often the definitive account of the story in question. Taken as a whole, Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America reveals how waves of immigrants, encountering this strange land for the first time, adapted their religions, beliefs, and folklore to help make sense of a new and astounding place. Covering Johnny Appleseed and Stagolee as well as Paul Bunyan and Moby Dick, this wonderful anthology illuminates our nation's myth-making, enriching our idea of what it means to be American.

Danish Folktales, Legends, and Other Stories

Author : Timothy R. Tangherlini
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788763541183
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Danish Folktales, Legends, and Other Stories written by Timothy R. Tangherlini and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how the people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania confronted a military superpower and achieved independence in the Baltic "Singing Revolution". When attacked by Soviet soldiers in public displays of violent force, singing Balts maintained faith in non-violent political action. As an inspiration to all nations, the non-violent Baltic independence movement revolutionised each country through singing and smiling. The "Singing Revolution" is indeed the essence of the Baltic way, and began in 1987 as a public revolt against Soviet restrictions on free speech and assembly. The revolutions and following elections in 1990 resulted in three separate governments and a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. The book seeks to answer questions such as why the struggle for Baltic independence came to be called the Singing Revolution? What did they sing? And what role did singing play in the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian campaigns of political mobilisation and non-violent action? Furthermore, and uniquely for this publication, it explores, in great depth, the songs that gave the revolution its name, translating and interpreting over 110 choral, rock, and folk songs in their poetic, cultural, and historical context.

Seven Miles of Steel Thistles

Author : Katherine Langrish
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781911122043
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Seven Miles of Steel Thistles written by Katherine Langrish and published by . This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Outlaw Tales

Author : Richard Young
Publisher : august house
ISBN 13 : 9780874831955
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Outlaw Tales written by Richard Young and published by august house. This book was released on 1992 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of folklore, tall tales, and myths surrounding such characters as Belle Starr, Frank and Jesse James, and Wild Bill Hickok

Folk-lore of West and Mid-Wales

Author : Jonathan Ceredig Davies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Folk-lore of West and Mid-Wales written by Jonathan Ceredig Davies and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Red State Blues

Author : Martha Bayne
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1948742071
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book Red State Blues written by Martha Bayne and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been made of the 2016 electoral flip of traditionally Democratic states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Ohio to tip Donald Trump into the presidency. Countless think pieces have explored this newfound exotic constituency of blue voters who swung red. But what about those who remain true blue? Red State Blues speaks to the lived experience of progressives, activists, and ordinary Democrats pushing back against simplistic narratives of the Midwest as "Trump Country." They've been there all along, and as the essays in this collection demonstrate, they're not leaving anytime soon. With contributions by journalist and scholar Sarah Kendzior, Kenyon College president Sean Decatur, Pittsburgh city councilman Dan Gilman, and more.

The Dynamics of Folklore

Author : Barre Toelken
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 1457180715
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book The Dynamics of Folklore written by Barre Toelken and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most comprehensive and widely praised introductions to folklore ever written. Toelken's discussion of the history and meaning of folklore is delivered in straightforward language, easily understood definitions, and a wealth of insightful and entertaining examples. Toelken emphasizes dynamism and variety in the vast array of folk expressions he examines, from "the biology of folklore," to occupational and ethnic lore, food ways, holidays, personal experience narratives, ballads, myths, proverbs, jokes, crafts, and others. Chapters are followed by bibliographical essays, and over 100 photographs illustrate the text. This new edition is accessible to all levels of folklore study and an essential text for classroom instruction.

How to Speak Midwestern

Author : Ted McClelland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780997774276
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book How to Speak Midwestern written by Ted McClelland and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pittsburgh toilet, squeaky cheese, city chicken, shampoo banana, and Chevy in the Hole are all phrases that are familiar to Midwesterners but sound foreign to anyone living outside the region. This book explains not only what Midwesterners say but also how and why they say it and covers such topics as: the causes of the Northern cities vowel shift, why the accents in Fargo miss the nasality that's a hallmark of Minnesota speech, and why Chicagoans talk more like people from Buffalo than their next-door neighbors in Wisconsin. Readers from the Midwest will have a better understanding of why they talk the way they do, and readers who are not from the Midwest will know exactly what to say the next time someone ends a sentence with "eh?".

The Legend of Wisconsin

Author : Kathy-jo Wargin
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN 13 : 1627535993
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book The Legend of Wisconsin written by Kathy-jo Wargin and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great Gitchee Manitou has sent Nanabush the Giant Hare to the new north country to give the first animals their names and special markings. But trickster that he is, Nanabush prefers to play silly games. When Ahmik the Giant Beaver lures Nanabush into a chase across the newly formed land and water, their game etches out a beautiful wonderland of islands and ponds and lakes. Readers young and old will enjoy the legend behind the creation of the state whose very name Wisk-on-sin means "place of the beaver."Kathy-jo Wargin's most recent picture book honoring the spirit of Wisconsin is The Legend of Old Abe: A Civil War Eagle. Her other books include B is for Badger: AWisconsin Alphabet and The Legend of the Lady's Slipper (Upper Midwest Bookseller's Favorite). Afrequent speaker throughout the country, Kathy-jo lives with her family in Petoskey, Michigan. David Geister also collaborated with Kathy-jo Wargin on The Legend of Minnesota and The Voyageur's Paddle. David is a popular visitor at schools with his costumed portrayals of historic characters. A Wisconsin native, he now lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 1

Author : Philip A. Greasley
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253108418
Total Pages : 980 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 1 written by Philip A. Greasley and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001-05-30 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume One, surveys the lives and writings of nearly 400 Midwestern authors and identifies some of the most important criticism of their writings. The Dictionary is based on the belief that the literature of any region simultaneously captures the experience and influences the worldview of its people, reflecting as well as shaping the evolving sense of individual and collective identity, meaning, and values. Volume One presents individual lives and literary orientations and offers a broad survey of the Midwestern experience as expressed by its many diverse peoples over time.Philip A. Greasley's introduction fills in background information and describes the philosophy, focus, methodology, content, and layout of entries, as well as criteria for their inclusion. An extended lead-essay, "The Origins and Development of the Literature of the Midwest," by David D. Anderson, provides a historical, cultural, and literary context in which the lives and writings of individual authors can be considered.This volume is the first of an ambitious three-volume series sponsored by the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature and created by its members. Volume Two will provide similar coverage of non-author entries, such as sites, centers, movements, influences, themes, and genres. Volume Three will be a literary history of the Midwest. One goal of the series is to build understanding of the nature, importance, and influence of Midwestern writers and literature. Another is to provide information on writers from the early years of the Midwestern experience, as well as those now emerging, who are typically absent from existing reference works.

By the Fire

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ISBN 13 : 9781517904586
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book By the Fire written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...A guide that includes 500 diverse contemporary fiction and memoir recommendations for preteens and teens with the goal of inspiring greater empathy for themselves, their peers, and the world around them. As young people are diagnosed with anxiety and depression in increasing numbers, or dealing with other issues that can isolate them from family and friends?such as bullying, learning disabilities, racism, or homophobia?characters in books can help them feel less alone. And just as important, reading books that feature a diverse range of real-life topics helps generate openness, empathy, and compassion in all kids. Better with Books is a valuable resource for parents, teachers, librarians, therapists, and all caregivers who recognize the power of literature to improve young readers? lives. Each chapter explores a particular issue affecting preteens and teens today and includes a list of recommended related books?all published within the last decade. Recommendations are grouped by age: those appropriate for middle-grade readers and those for teens. Reading lists are organized around:Adoption and foster careBody imageImmigrationLearning challengesLGBTQIA+ youthMental healthNature and environmentalismPhysical disabilityPoverty and homelessnessRace and ethnicityReligion and spirituality."Amazon.com.

Treasury of Chinese Folk Tales

Author : Shelley Fu
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462908411
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Treasury of Chinese Folk Tales written by Shelley Fu and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Chinese fairy tales and other folk stories—providing insight into a rich literary culture. Treasury of Chinese Folk Tales is a wonderful collection of seven classic Chinese stories that make for great reading adventures. From the stories of Pan Gu and Nu Wo, creators of the world, to Bai Su-Tzin, a snake who took on human form and found true love, this mesmerizing book includes myths of creation, mortality and love. More than just a Chinese children's storybook, Treasury of Chinese Folk Tales also explores the historical impact and roots of each tale, inviting you and the children you love to fully enjoy the many layers of meaning contained within them. The included pronunciation guide as well as information for further reading makes this a perfect tool for educators, librarians and parents.