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    Sweet land of story : thirty-six American tales to tell / [compiled by] Pleasant DeSpain ; illustrated by Don Bell.
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    Little Rock, AR : August House, 2000.
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  • Tales -- United States.
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  • Folklore -- United States.
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  • Storytelling -- Collections.
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  • United States -- Literary collections.
  • ISBN: 
    0874835690 (alk. paper)
    087483600X (pbk. : alk. paper)
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    176 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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    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 progess (Pacific northwest) -- Why animals have no fire (Coeur d'Alene/Idaho) -- Eagle Island (Tlingit/Alaska).
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    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.
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    Hawaii State LibraryJ -- Juvenile Nonfiction398.20973 SW Checked InAdd Copy to MyList
    Kailua Public LibraryAdult Nonfiction398.20973 Sw Checked InAdd Copy to MyList
    Kapolei Public LibraryJ -- Juvenile Nonfiction398.20973 Sw Checked InAdd Copy to MyList
    Lihue Public LibraryJ -- Juvenile Nonfiction398.20973 Sw Checked InAdd Copy to MyList
    Waialua Public LibraryJ -- Juvenile Nonfiction398.20973 SAMERICASChecked InAdd Copy to MyList


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