Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Trophy Pr (1990), Edition: English Language, 127 pages
Description
A collection of tall tales involving animals, the weather, narrow escapes, and many other topics.
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LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
At first blush this is just a cheap children's paperback. However, the illustrations are delightful, the organization is helpful, and there are 24 (!!) pages of valuable addendum. I learned that Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, and other characters are fakelore" (a word credited to scholar Richard M.
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Dorson), created by known authors, often for purposes of advertising, rather than true folklore, as they "do not arise out of human needs and experience."" Show Less
Subjects
Awards
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (Intermediate — 1991)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
127 p.; 9 inches
ISBN
0130407410 / 9780130407412