American Folklore and Legend
Author: Jane Polley
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 460
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis illustrated account presents an interesting history of folklore as well as a retelling of famous American legends.
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Author: Jane Polley
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 460
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis illustrated account presents an interesting history of folklore as well as a retelling of famous American legends.
Author: Donna Rosenberg
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 556
ISBN-13: 9780844257808
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCovers folklore, myths and legends in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, and the Far East.
Author: Charles Godfrey Leland
Publisher: Boston ; New York : Houghton, Mifflin, 1885 [c1884]
Published: 1885
Total Pages: 444
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles John Tibbits
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Published: 1889
Total Pages: 212
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Maria Leach
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Published: 1958
Total Pages: 328
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTales from American folklore about bad men, ghosts, lies, and Native American tales.
Author: David Adams Leeming
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 0195117840
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents a variety of myths, tales, and legends. Includes Native American tales about creation, goddesses, trickster gods, the Indian and the white man, as well as Hispanic American, Asian American, Anglo American, and African American stories. Features patriotic heroes, American loners, frontiersman, and tall tales, Western outlaws, lawmen, and cowboys, slave rebels, and Blues legends, among other topics.
Author: Ronald L. Baker
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1984-08-22
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780253203342
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSpine-tingling and funny, Hoosier Folk Legends is a collection of over 300 legends gathered throughout tthe state of Indiana. Ronald L. Baker includes ghost stories, stories of the evil eye, and stories of bloodstopping. He relates legends of Jesse James, Al Capone, and John Dillinger and tells the sad story of the ghost of Diana of the Dunes. Hoosier Folk Legends explains the derivation of the names of Hobart, Jasper, Loogootee, and the Shake Rag School. Also included are a number of legends that did not originate in Indiana but are widely circulated in the Hoosier state, such as "The Baby-Sitter and the Phone Call," "Hook Man," and "The Vanishing Hitchhiker.'' Hoosier Folk Legends demonstrates the persistence and vitality of oral folk traditions. It is a book for students of folklore and anyone interested in old-time yarns
Author: Timothy R. Tangherlini
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Published: 2014-02-01
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9788763541183
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book shows how the people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania confronted a military superpower and achieved independence in the Baltic "Singing Revolution". When attacked by Soviet soldiers in public displays of violent force, singing Balts maintained faith in non-violent political action. As an inspiration to all nations, the non-violent Baltic independence movement revolutionised each country through singing and smiling. The "Singing Revolution" is indeed the essence of the Baltic way, and began in 1987 as a public revolt against Soviet restrictions on free speech and assembly. The revolutions and following elections in 1990 resulted in three separate governments and a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. The book seeks to answer questions such as why the struggle for Baltic independence came to be called the Singing Revolution? What did they sing? And what role did singing play in the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian campaigns of political mobilisation and non-violent action? Furthermore, and uniquely for this publication, it explores, in great depth, the songs that gave the revolution its name, translating and interpreting over 110 choral, rock, and folk songs in their poetic, cultural, and historical context.
Author: Elias Owen
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 308
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael Jay Katz
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780472065585
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of stories about Ohio including "The Zanesville earthquakes," "Rattlesnake mound," "The Corpse that wouldn't bleed," and "The headless horseman of Cherry Hill.".