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Author | : Kemp P. Battle |
Publisher | : Doubleday Books |
Total Pages | : 684 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780385185554 |
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Great American Folklore gathers together nearly three hundred of the most entertaining legends, tall tales, and ballads from America's distinctive oral heritage.
Author | : Christopher R. Fee |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 1265 |
Release | : 2016-08-29 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1610695682 |
Download American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales [3 volumes] Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Jane Polley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Download American Folklore and Legend Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This illustrated account presents an interesting history of folklore as well as a retelling of famous American legends.
Author | : Amy L. Cohn |
Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780590428682 |
Download From Sea to Shining Sea Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Maria Leach |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1958 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : |
Download The Rainbow Book of American Folk Tales and Legends Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Tales from American folklore about bad men, ghosts, lies, and Native American tales.
Author | : B. A. Botkin |
Publisher | : Globe Pequot Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781493025350 |
Download A Treasury of American Folklore Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Named by the Library of Congress in a 2012 exhibit as among the top "100 Books that Shaped America," this two-volume set contains 500 stories and 100 songs collected from the author's time as national folklore editor for the Federal Writer's Project (1938-39) as well as his work as archivist of folksongs at the Library of Congress. As Carl Sandburg writes in his foreword, "So here we have nothing less than an encyclopedia of the folklore of America. An encyclopedia is where you get up into box car numbers...besides giving you the company of nice, darnfool yarn spinners, it will give you something of the feel of American history, of the gloom chasers that moved many a good man who fought fire and flood, varmints and vermin, as region after region filled with settlers and homesteaders."
Author | : Mary Pope Osborne |
Publisher | : Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2013-08-28 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307982599 |
Download American Tall Tales Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : J. E. Bright |
Publisher | : Auzou |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-10 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : 9782733835593 |
Download Famous American Folktales Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A perfect bedtime book to discover American folktales.
Author | : Benjamin Albert Botkin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Folk-lore of railroads |
ISBN | : |
Download A Treasury of Railroad Folklore Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Jan Harold Brunvand |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 812 |
Release | : 2006-05-24 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1135578788 |
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Contains over 500 articles Ranging over foodways and folksongs, quiltmaking and computer lore, Pecos Bill, Butch Cassidy, and Elvis sightings, more than 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, and crafts; sports and holidays; tall tales and legendary figures; genres and forms; scholarly approaches and theories; regions and ethnic groups; performers and collectors; writers and scholars; religious beliefs and practices. The alphabetically arranged entries vary from concise definitions to detailed surveys, each accompanied by a brief, up-to-date bibliography. Special features *More than 2000 contributors *Over 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, crafts, and more *Alphabetically arranged *Entries accompanied by up-to-date bibliographies *Edited by America's best-known folklore authority