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From Paul Bunyan to Stagolee, from Queen Mab to the Tooth Fairy, every culture has created folk heroes. But as often as not, these "heroes of the people" accomplish their goals with methods that are anything but heroicolike the American liar hero Davy Crockett, or Galloping Jones, the Australian drinker and bank robber. Then there's the Irishman Finn Mac Cumhal, whose heroism, like that of Rip Van Winkle, was based on oversleeping.In this new collection, readers will enjoy a wildly colorful parade of nearly 400 thieves, tricksters, simpletons, and dragon slayers from around the world. Despite appearances, these "heroes" perform a crucial social function: they allow us to question what is right and what is wrong, to challenge what is legal and what is illegal, to deal with who has power and who does not, and to manage the contradictions and conflicts inherent in all cultures.
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- Title Encyclopedia of Folk Heroes
- Author Graham Seal
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Printing
- Pages 376
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Santa Barbara, CA
- Date 2001-12-11
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781576072165 / 1576072169
- Weight 1.93 lbs (0.88 kg)
- Dimensions 10 x 7.56 x 1.33 in (25.40 x 19.20 x 3.38 cm)
- Ages 12 to UP years
- Grade levels 7 - UP
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001004423
- Dewey Decimal Code 398.03
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- American Reference Bks Annual, 01/01/2003, Page 525
- Booklist, 05/15/2002, Page 1630
- Choice, 05/01/2002, Page 1560
- Library Journal, 02/01/2002, Page 86
- School Library Journal, 05/01/2002, Page 98
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