North American legends / [electronic resource] / edited by Virginia Haviland ; ill. by Ann Strugnell.. — New York : : Collins,, 1979.. — 214 p. : : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: p. 211-214.
(Central Woodland) / (Plains) / (North Pacific) / (Plains) / (North-east Woodland) / (Eskimo) / (Plains) / (South-west) / (South-west) / (North Pacific) / (North-east Woodland) / (Central Woodland) / (Eskimo) / : Indian and Eskimo tales. : The giant sturgeon : How the seven brothers saved their sister : In the beginning ; : Raven lets out the daylight : How Coyote stole fire : How Glooskap found the summer : Sedna the sea goddess : How Saynday got the sun : Big Long Man's corn patch : Poor turkey girl : Scarface : The Indian Cinderella : Star maiden : The blessed gift of joy is bestowed upon man Thomas B. Leekly -- Grace Jackson Penney -- Frances Martin -- Gail Robinson and Douglas Hill -- Charles G. Leland -- Helen R. Caswell -- Alice Marriott -- Dorothy Hogner -- Virginia Haviland -- George B. Grinnell -- Cyrus Macmillan -- Virginia Haviland -- Knud Rasmussen. (West Virginia) / (Missouri) / (Southern) / (Alabama) / (Louisiana) / : Black American tales. : Tar baby : How Ole Woodpecker got Ole Rabbit's conjure bag : Conjure wives : Wiley and the hairy man : Jean Sotte Dora Lee Newman -- Mary Alicia Owen -- Frances G. Wickes -- Donnell Van de Voort -- Alcée Fortier. (New England) / (Southern Appalachia) / (Southern Appalachia) / (Southern Appalachia) / (Southern Appalachia) / : European tales brought by immigrants. : How Jack went to seek his fortune : Twist-mouth family : A stepchild that was treated mighty bad : Nippy and the Yankee Doodle : Old fire dragaman Francis L. Palmer -- Maria Leach -- Maria Campbell -- Leonard Roberts -- Richard Chase. (Southwest) / (Northwest) / (New England) / (Southern frontier) / (New England to Midwest) / : Tall tales. : Pecos Bill becomes a coyote : Babe the blue ox : Stormalong fights the Kraken : Strong but quirky : Johnny Appleseed James Cloyd Bowman -- Esther Shephard -- Anne B. Malcolmson and Dell J. MccCormick -- Irwin Shapiro -- Walter Blair.
Анотація: Presents tall tales indigenous to America, tales of European and African immigrants, and folklore of American Indians and Eskimos.
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Tales--United States. Indians of North America--Folklore. Folklore--United States. Indians of North America--Folklore.