Great American Folklore: Legends, Tales, Ballads, and Superstitions from All Across America
by Battle, Kemp P.; Battle, John
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0385185553
- ISBN 13
- 9780385185554
- Seller
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First thus-A tight, clean, and unmarked copy-"Great American Folklore gathers together nearly three hundred of the most entertaining legends, tall tales, and ballads from America's distinctive oral heritage. In these pages you'll find old favorites like Paul Bunyan, John Henry, and Johnny Appleseed, and legendary historic figures such as Annie Oakley, Wyatt Earp, and Davy Crockett, not to mention a host of less familiar folk heroes and heroines from all across the nation.- This compilation of more than 280 memorable tales from the American oral tradition features both popular and less-familiar folktales, legends, verses, ballads, superstitions, riddles, children's rhymes, ghost stories, and witty anecdotes."
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- Bookseller
- MAD HATTER BOOKSTORE (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21886
- Title
- Great American Folklore: Legends, Tales, Ballads, and Superstitions from All Across America
- Author
- Battle, Kemp P.; Battle, John
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385185553
- ISBN 13
- 9780385185554
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
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