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Cut from the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale
Everyone knows about Paul Bunyan and Davy Crockett, but tall tales of women are less common. From Molly Cottontail, who can outwit any critter in the woods, to Hekeke, who slays a giant single-handedly, here are fifteen funny, stormy, vivid, and entertaining tall tales of larger-than-life women.
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
February 1st 2000
by Puffin Books
(first published 1993)
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America is graced by the strength, bravery, and cunning of many girl heroines, but we seldom hear their stories. This collection introduces many of them; there are stories from the Chippewa, Anglo Americans, African Americans, Pueblo, Tewa, Mexican American, Miwok, Eskimo, and Hawaiian. Each story, accompanied by a well-researched introduction, is told with the rhythm and cadence one would expect from a storyteller sitting round a campfire. Probably my favorite of these, because of my fondness ...more
Great for storytelling!
AR MG 6.2 - 5 pts
A collection of twenty stories about legendary American women, drawing from folktales, popular stories, and ballads.
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