Sweet land of story : thirty-six American tales to tell

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Sweet land of story : thirty-six American tales to tell / [compiled by] Pleasant DeSpain ; illustrated by Don Bell.

DeSpain, Pleasant. (Added Author). Bell, Don, 1935- (illustrator.).

Summary:

Thirty-six true, tall, and traditional tales, primarily from the nineteenth century or earlier, selected by a professional storyteller and divided by the region of the United States from which they originated.

Record details

ISBN: 0874835690
ISBN: 9780874835694
ISBN: 087483600X
ISBN: 9780874836004
Physical Description: 176 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Publisher: Little Rock, AR : August House, 2000.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:: Chicken-coop jail (Massachusetts) -- Amazingly long time (New York) -- Agnes and Henry, a love story (Massachusetts) -- Legend of Peter Rugg (New England) -- Dutchman's Inn (Pennsylvania) -- Pulling the rope (Connecticut) -- Ghost dog (Virginia) -- Poor Tail-eee-poe (Kentucky) -- Caleb's wild ride (Virginia) -- Old Joe and the carpenter (North Carolina) -- Sam Davis and the hangman's noose (Tennessee) -- Big, smelly, hairy toe (North Carolina) -- Pecos Bill (Texas) -- Bluebonnet (Comanche/Texas) -- Salting the pudding (Alabama) -- Strongest of all (Louisiana) -- Sam Bass (Texas) -- Haint that roared (Alabama) -- Jack and the bogey man (Texas) -- What gold? (Kansas) -- What you wish for (Ojibwa/Michigan) -- Saint Johnny of the apple orchards (Ohio) -- Calamity Jane (South Dakota) -- Jesse James saves the day (Missouri) -- Buffalo Bill Cody and the bandits (Rocky Mountains) -- Not even a Saint (New Mexico) -- Devil's tower (Arapaho/Wyoming) -- Mountain man and the grizzlies (Colorado) -- Shoot-out in Benson (Arizona) -- La Escalara Famosa / The famous stair (New Mexico) -- Scarface (Blackfoot/Northern Rockies) -- His mother tongue (California) -- Pu-nia and the Shark King (Hawaii) -- Paul Bunyan makes progress (Pacific northwest) -- Why animals have no fire (Coeur d'Alene/Idaho) -- Eagle Island (Tlingit/Alaska).