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Tall tale America : a legendary history of our humorous heroes

Title
  1. Tall tale America : a legendary history of our humorous heroes / by Walter Blair ; illustrated by Sgt. Glen Rounds.
Published by
  1. New York : Coward-McCann, ©1944.
Author
  1. Blair, Walter, 1900-1992.

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Additional authors
  1. Rounds, Glen, 1906-2002
Description
  1. ix, 262 pages : illustrations, 1 map; 21 cm
Summary
  1. The stories of American tall tale heroes--Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and others.
Subject
  1. Legends > United States
  2. Tall tales > United States
  3. Heroes > United States > Humor
  4. Heroes
  5. Legends
  6. Tall tales
  7. Humoristische Literatur
  8. Anthologie
  9. Héros > États-Unis
  10. Légendes > États-Unis
  11. Folklore > États-Unis
  12. Humour > États-Unis
  13. Tall tales
  14. United States
  15. USA
Genre/Form
  1. Legends – United States.
  2. legends (literary genre)
  3. Tall tales
  4. Legends
  5. Humor
  6. Fairy tales.
  7. Legends.
  8. Tall tales.
  9. Légendes.
  10. Histoires invraisemblables.
Contents
  1. Overcoming hardships, America gets discovered and settled -- Captain Stormalong, the revolution and clipper ships -- Jonathan Slick, southerners, Dutchmen and Daniel Boone -- Mike Fink, king of Mississippi keelboatmen -- Mike Fink, mountain man in the far west -- Davy Crockett, Tennessee settler -- Davy Crockett, soldier, congressmen and comet licker -- Johnny Appleseed, planter of orchards on the frontier -- Mose, New York fireman and California miner -- Windwagon Smith and the Santa Fe trail -- Feboldson and Bridger; western scientists -- Paul Bunyan, Northwoods lumberman -- Pecos Bill, king of Texas cowboys -- John Henry and the machine in West Virginia -- Paul Bunyan, scientific industrial in the oilfields -- Joe Magarac, Pittsburgh steel men -- "We've still got heroes."
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Map on pastedowns and endpapers.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.