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The Tall Tale in American Folklore and Literature

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Author : Carolyn Schmidt Brown
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9780870496271
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book The Tall Tale in American Folklore and Literature written by Carolyn Schmidt Brown and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Carolyn Brown s mind, the tall tale is not necessarily an account of the adventures of a larger-than-life hero, nor is it just a humorous first-person narrative exaggerated to outlandish proportions. It is as well an interaction between teller and audience a game played at the hazy border between the credible and the incredible, a challenge and an entertainment at the same time. The tall tale is also a social statement that identifies and binds a folk group by flaunting the peculiar knowledge and experiences of group members, and it is a tool for coping with a stressful or even chaotic world, for conquering life s problems by laughing at them.

American Tall Tales

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Author : Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0307982599
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book American Tall Tales written by Mary Pope Osborne and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales [3 volumes]

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Author : Christopher R. Fee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1610695682
Total Pages : 1265 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales [3 volumes] written by Christopher R. Fee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 1265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating survey of the entire history of tall tales, folklore, and mythology in the United States from earliest times to the present, including stories and myths from the modern era that have become an essential part of contemporary popular culture. Folklore has been a part of American culture for as long as humans have inhabited North America, and increasingly formed an intrinsic part of American culture as diverse peoples from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania arrived. In modern times, folklore and tall tales experienced a rejuvenation with the emergence of urban legends and the growing popularity of science fiction and conspiracy theories, with mass media such as comic books, television, and films contributing to the retelling of old myths. This multi-volume encyclopedia will teach readers the central myths and legends that have formed American culture since its earliest years of settlement. Its entries provide a fascinating glimpse into the collective American imagination over the past 400 years through the stories that have shaped it. Organized alphabetically, the coverage includes Native American creation myths, "tall tales" like George Washington chopping down his father's cherry tree and the adventures of "King of the Wild Frontier" Davy Crockett, through to today's "urban myths." Each entry explains the myth or legend and its importance and provides detailed information about the people and events involved. Each entry also includes a short bibliography that will direct students or interested general readers toward other sources for further investigation. Special attention is paid to African American folklore, Asian American folklore, and the folklore of other traditions that are often overlooked or marginalized in other studies of the topic.

American Folklore, Legends, and Tall Tales for Readers Theatre

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Author : Anthony D. Fredericks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1610690893
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book American Folklore, Legends, and Tall Tales for Readers Theatre written by Anthony D. Fredericks and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-10-30 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tony Fredericks presents a collection of best loved stories in the popular readers theatre format to integrate with the United States history and language arts curriculum in the upper elementary and middle school grades. This collection of over 20 well-known and not-so-well-known tales will be invaluable to teachers in American schools as they do their usual units of study in American history and literature. Plays focus on entertaining folklore, tall tales, and legends to aid teachers in building fluency skills in their young readers. Included are tips for introducing and using Readers Theatre with students in grades 4-8.

Tall Tale America

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Author : Walter Blair
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022622791X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Tall Tale America written by Walter Blair and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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

Cut from the Same Cloth

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Author : Robert D. San Souci
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780613284585
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book Cut from the Same Cloth written by Robert D. San Souci and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2000-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these folklore stories, the women of the U.S. typify the strength, bravery, and humor of many regions and cultures

Tall Tales of America

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Author : Irwin Shapiro
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789124832
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Tall Tales of America written by Irwin Shapiro and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Tall Tale America

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Author : Walter Blair
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Tall Tale America written by Walter Blair and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories of American tall tale heroes--Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and others.

Tall Tales of Americ

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Author : Irwin Shapiro
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258484897
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Tall Tales of Americ written by Irwin Shapiro and published by . This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lies and Other Tall Tales

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Author : Zora Neale Hurston
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060006552
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Lies and Other Tall Tales written by Zora Neale Hurston and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2005-10-11 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIES AND OTHER TALL TALES These tales are so tall they touch the sky! From Caldecott Honor artist Christopher Myers and Zora Neale Hurston. While traveling in the Gulf States in the 1930s, Zora Neale Hurston collected and recorded some real whoppers told by folks from all walks of life. Not "dog ate my homework" kind of lies, but tales so wild you didn't ever want to hear the truth. And now today's picture–book readers can enjoy these far–fetched fibs, with Caldecott Honor artist Christopher Myers's spirited adaption and bold, expressive collages.

Cut from the Same Cloth

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Author : Robert D. San Souci
Publisher : Philomel
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Cut from the Same Cloth written by Robert D. San Souci and published by Philomel. This book was released on 1993 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of twenty stories about legendary American women, drawing from folktales, popular stories, and ballads.

American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales [3 volumes]

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Author : Christopher R. Fee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1842 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales [3 volumes] written by Christopher R. Fee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 1842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating survey of the entire history of tall tales, folklore, and mythology in the United States from earliest times to the present, including stories and myths from the modern era that have become an essential part of contemporary popular culture. Folklore has been a part of American culture for as long as humans have inhabited North America, and increasingly formed an intrinsic part of American culture as diverse peoples from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania arrived. In modern times, folklore and tall tales experienced a rejuvenation with the emergence of urban legends and the growing popularity of science fiction and conspiracy theories, with mass media such as comic books, television, and films contributing to the retelling of old myths. This multi-volume encyclopedia will teach readers the central myths and legends that have formed American culture since its earliest years of settlement. Its entries provide a fascinating glimpse into the collective American imagination over the past 400 years through the stories that have shaped it. Organized alphabetically, the coverage includes Native American creation myths, "tall tales" like George Washington chopping down his father's cherry tree and the adventures of "King of the Wild Frontier" Davy Crockett, through to today's "urban myths." Each entry explains the myth or legend and its importance and provides detailed information about the people and events involved. Each entry also includes a short bibliography that will direct students or interested general readers toward other sources for further investigation. Special attention is paid to African American folklore, Asian American folklore, and the folklore of other traditions that are often overlooked or marginalized in other studies of the topic.

Febold Feboldson

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Author : Paul R. Beath
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803250123
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Febold Feboldson written by Paul R. Beath and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1962-01-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.

Legends and Tales of the American West

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Author : Richard Erdoes
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 0307801616
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Legends and Tales of the American West written by Richard Erdoes and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Davy Crockett, Wild Bill Hickok, and Calamity Jane to Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and Frank and Jesse James, here are more than 130 colorful stories of the pioneers, cowboys, outlaws, gamblers, prospectors, and lawmen who settled the wild west, creating a uniquely American hero and an enduringly fascinating folk mythology. In this wonderfully boisterous treasury of tall tales, everyone and everything is larger than life and bragging is elevated into an art form. Many of these stories are of real people and real events; more than a few, however, grew taller and funnier as they made their rounds from wagon train to campfire to rodeo to miners' quarters. But even if it is far from established that Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett were able to kill three men with one bullet or subdue ferocious grizzly bears with their fists, they come vividly to life here as beloved characters who have become part of the fabric of the American imagination. With black-and white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

A Treasury of Railroad Folklore

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Author : Benjamin Albert Botkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book A Treasury of Railroad Folklore written by Benjamin Albert Botkin and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

From Sea to Shining Sea

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Author : Amy L. Cohn
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780590428682
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (286 download)

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Download or read book From Sea to Shining Sea written by Amy L. Cohn and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of more than 120 folk songs, tales, poems, and stories telling the history of America and reflecting its multicultural society. Illustrated by award-winning artists.

American Folk Tales and Songs

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Author : Richard Chase
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486172880
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book American Folk Tales and Songs written by Richard Chase and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-05-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of lively stories, jokes, and games for performance, the book also includes 40 songs with melody and guitar chords. Written by outstanding practicing folk performer. Includes 44 illustrations.