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The Life treasury of American folklore,

Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Time, Inc., 1961.Description: 348 pages color illustrations 29 cmUniform titles:
  • Life (Chicago, Ill.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Life treasury of American folklore.DDC classification:
  • 398.2
LOC classification:
  • GR105 .L5
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
The explorers. Sea of darkness -- The Vikings and their traces -- The lost continent of Atlantis -- The islands of the Amazons -- St. Elmo's fire -- St. Brendan's Isles of the Blest -- The fountain of youth -- The search for the golden cities -- Coronado and the Indian guide -- Madoc -- Mermaids -- A map of myths of early America.
The Indians. Sky woman -- Evil-minded and good-minded -- The dance of the corn maidens -- Hiawatha -- Blood Clot boy -- Manabozho, the trickster -- The white buffalo -- Escape from the underworld -- Sedna and the Fulmar -- Island of the dead -- The singing river -- Raven's deed -- How fire came to the Earth -- The rocks of Bryce Canyon -- The twins' journey to the sun.
The colonists. Father Marquette and the Manitou -- Drop star -- The blacksmith of Brandywine -- The pirates and the Palatines -- Tom Quick, the Indian slayer -- Ichabod, Crook-Jaw, and the witch -- The monster of Leeds -- The pirate women -- Black Sam and the haunted treasure -- Evangeline -- The witch of Wellfleet -- The white doe -- The angel of Hadley.
Backwoodsmen and borderers. How Daniel Boone met his wife -- Johnny Appleseed -- Mike Fink, last keelboatman -- Corpse maker and calamity's child -- Brady's leap -- The tragedy of Potts' Hill -- Davy Crockett's boast.
Yankees, Yorkers, and their neighbors. Peter Rugg -- Thar she blows -- Joe Hamelin and the "loup-garou" [werewolf] -- The Gloucester sea serpent -- Block Island wreckers -- Esau and the gorbey -- Jumping Sam Patch -- Rip Van Winkle -- How Sam Hart beat the devil -- Yankee peddlers -- Big Mose, the Bowery boy -- "Mary Celeste" -- Manhattan hoax -- Old Stormalong and the octopus.
Southerners. The rebel belle -- Daddy mention -- The brave drummer boys -- The rattlesnake that played Dixie -- The lovers of Dismal Swamp -- John Henry -- Alas for Theodosia -- De witch woman -- Joe John and the carpenter -- Joe Baldwin's light -- It's a long time between drinks -- Gossamer wedding -- Blue Johnny and the pilot -- Bras coupe -- The army of the dead -- The Hatfields and the McCoys.
Westerners. The phantom train of Marshall Pass -- Jesse James and the widow -- Skeleton Cliff of Montana. -- Sam Bass, Texas Robin Hood -- Gretchen and the white stallion -- Black Bart, Bandit, and "Po8" [poet] -- The McCanles fight as Hickok told it -- Roy Bean, necktie justice -- Wise, wise burros -- Bigfoot Wallace and the hickory nuts -- Julia Bulette of Virginia City -- The miracle of the mail -- The hole in the back wall -- Sweet Betsy -- The Indians' secret -- Calamity Jane, the loud canary -- The ordeal of Hugh Glass -- How Kate Shelley saved the Express -- The death of Billy the Kid.
Modern folklore. The man in the middle -- Snake Magee's rotary boiler -- Silent Cal -- Frankie and Albert -- The Fabulous Wilson Mizner -- The telltale seaweed -- John McGraw's jinx killer -- The girl in the lavender dress -- The legend of Lizzie Borden -- The trail of the white cat -- Room for one more -- Joe Magarac, the man of steel -- Casey Jones -- The ghosts in the White House -- Murgatroyd, the kluge maker.
Wit, wisdom, and whoppers. Lorenzo Dow raises the devil -- The talking turtle -- Blood stoppers -- The swapper -- Pecos Bill and the mountain lion -- High winds and funny weather -- "That's once" -- Fables of animals and friends -- Ole Sis Goose -- The doodang -- Dry farming -- A little piece of thread -- The sissy from Anaconda -- Paul Bunyan -- Febold Feboldson -- How hoop snakes can sting -- Frozen people -- Snipe hunters -- Fur-bearing trout -- Slappy Hooper -- Jim Bridger overcomes gravity -- The Seabees -- Yarns, tall tales, and practical jokes -- A regional guide to American folklore.
Summary: A collection of more than 150 stories, legends, and sayings, and is designed to be a book of reference, with a glossary of people, places, and events in American folklore.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 398.2 TRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000146111

"Originated with a series entitled 'The Folklore of America' which appeared intermittently in Life from August 31, 1959, to August 22, 1960."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-345).

The explorers. Sea of darkness -- The Vikings and their traces -- The lost continent of Atlantis -- The islands of the Amazons -- St. Elmo's fire -- St. Brendan's Isles of the Blest -- The fountain of youth -- The search for the golden cities -- Coronado and the Indian guide -- Madoc -- Mermaids -- A map of myths of early America.

The Indians. Sky woman -- Evil-minded and good-minded -- The dance of the corn maidens -- Hiawatha -- Blood Clot boy -- Manabozho, the trickster -- The white buffalo -- Escape from the underworld -- Sedna and the Fulmar -- Island of the dead -- The singing river -- Raven's deed -- How fire came to the Earth -- The rocks of Bryce Canyon -- The twins' journey to the sun.

The colonists. Father Marquette and the Manitou -- Drop star -- The blacksmith of Brandywine -- The pirates and the Palatines -- Tom Quick, the Indian slayer -- Ichabod, Crook-Jaw, and the witch -- The monster of Leeds -- The pirate women -- Black Sam and the haunted treasure -- Evangeline -- The witch of Wellfleet -- The white doe -- The angel of Hadley.

Backwoodsmen and borderers. How Daniel Boone met his wife -- Johnny Appleseed -- Mike Fink, last keelboatman -- Corpse maker and calamity's child -- Brady's leap -- The tragedy of Potts' Hill -- Davy Crockett's boast.

Yankees, Yorkers, and their neighbors. Peter Rugg -- Thar she blows -- Joe Hamelin and the "loup-garou" [werewolf] -- The Gloucester sea serpent -- Block Island wreckers -- Esau and the gorbey -- Jumping Sam Patch -- Rip Van Winkle -- How Sam Hart beat the devil -- Yankee peddlers -- Big Mose, the Bowery boy -- "Mary Celeste" -- Manhattan hoax -- Old Stormalong and the octopus.

Southerners. The rebel belle -- Daddy mention -- The brave drummer boys -- The rattlesnake that played Dixie -- The lovers of Dismal Swamp -- John Henry -- Alas for Theodosia -- De witch woman -- Joe John and the carpenter -- Joe Baldwin's light -- It's a long time between drinks -- Gossamer wedding -- Blue Johnny and the pilot -- Bras coupe -- The army of the dead -- The Hatfields and the McCoys.

Westerners. The phantom train of Marshall Pass -- Jesse James and the widow -- Skeleton Cliff of Montana. -- Sam Bass, Texas Robin Hood -- Gretchen and the white stallion -- Black Bart, Bandit, and "Po8" [poet] -- The McCanles fight as Hickok told it -- Roy Bean, necktie justice -- Wise, wise burros -- Bigfoot Wallace and the hickory nuts -- Julia Bulette of Virginia City -- The miracle of the mail -- The hole in the back wall -- Sweet Betsy -- The Indians' secret -- Calamity Jane, the loud canary -- The ordeal of Hugh Glass -- How Kate Shelley saved the Express -- The death of Billy the Kid.

Modern folklore. The man in the middle -- Snake Magee's rotary boiler -- Silent Cal -- Frankie and Albert -- The Fabulous Wilson Mizner -- The telltale seaweed -- John McGraw's jinx killer -- The girl in the lavender dress -- The legend of Lizzie Borden -- The trail of the white cat -- Room for one more -- Joe Magarac, the man of steel -- Casey Jones -- The ghosts in the White House -- Murgatroyd, the kluge maker.

Wit, wisdom, and whoppers. Lorenzo Dow raises the devil -- The talking turtle -- Blood stoppers -- The swapper -- Pecos Bill and the mountain lion -- High winds and funny weather -- "That's once" -- Fables of animals and friends -- Ole Sis Goose -- The doodang -- Dry farming -- A little piece of thread -- The sissy from Anaconda -- Paul Bunyan -- Febold Feboldson -- How hoop snakes can sting -- Frozen people -- Snipe hunters -- Fur-bearing trout -- Slappy Hooper -- Jim Bridger overcomes gravity -- The Seabees -- Yarns, tall tales, and practical jokes -- A regional guide to American folklore.

A collection of more than 150 stories, legends, and sayings, and is designed to be a book of reference, with a glossary of people, places, and events in American folklore.

Also issued online.

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