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Guild Press (1959), 124 pages
Description
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.
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0000-0562-4885
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LibraryThing member fuzzi
I enjoyed reading "tall tales" as a child, and loved this book. But upon a reread I discovered that the writing is poor and uninteresting. Too bad.
The illustrations are great, though!
The illustrations are great, though!