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A treasury of North American folk-tales by and annotated by Catherine Peck is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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Introduction -- Charles Johnson -- 1. How the World was Made. The Boy of the Red Sky. What Makes Brer Wasp Have a Short Patience. Opossum Steals Fire. Light. Ojeeg, The Summer Maker. Powerful Changed. The Star Husband. The Dog-Rib Legend of Ithenhiela. Man, the Burro, and the Dog. Possum, Turtle, and the Wolves. Getting Common Sense. Ouiot and Frog -- -- 2. Tall Tales, Brags, and other Lies. How to Tell a Story. Ab Yancey's Squirrel-Hunt. Tall Hunting Tale. The Dog Who Could Walk on Water. Old Gawge and the Ninety and Nine. Uncle Swain. The Trained Trout. A Trip to the Moon. The Snake-Bit Hoe Handle. Uncle Billy Hallock's Yarn. I Wish I Could Tell a Lie. Remarks Made at the Hatchet Club. Frontier Brags. California -- -- 3. Legendary Heroes and Heroines. Annie Oakley Makes Her Name. Davy Crockett. The Colonel Swallows a Thunderbolt. David Crockett Meets a Bear. Mike Fink Meets David Crockett. The Ballad of Casey Jones. Johnny Applessed. The Cherry Tree Legend. Belle Starr. Judge Roy Bean's Necktie Justice. Wild Bill Hickock's Duel with Dave Tutt. Stackalee -- -- 4. Larger than Life. The Birth of Paul Bunyan. Babe the Blue Ox. Pipeline Days. Paul's Popcorn. Paul Bunyan Takes Care of

Author

and annotated by Catherine Peck

Publisher

New York: Book-of-the-month club

Published

1998

Language

EN

Subjects

Folklore, Humanities