Grandfather Tales

Grandfather Tales

Author: Richard Chase

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780618346905

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The only people who can tell these stories better than Richard Chase are the folks in North Carolina and Virginia who told them to him. These stories have been handed down for generations and have been enjoyed by grownups and children alike.


Jack in Two Worlds

Jack in Two Worlds

Author: William Bernard McCarthy

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9780807844434

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The "Jack" known to all of us from "Jack and the Beanstalk" is the hero of a cycle of tales brought to this country from the British Isles. Jack in Two Worlds is a unique collection that brings together eight of these stories as transcribed from ac


Jack Tales and Mountain Yarns

Jack Tales and Mountain Yarns

Author: Orville Hicks

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9781933251653

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"Orville Hicks has enthralled audiences beyond the porches of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, for more than two decades. Jack Tales and Mountain Yarns captures the voice of the master storyteller in more than twenty transcribed stories, paired with lively pencil sketches. Having grown up in a hollow, he knows the mountain setting and his clever character Jack"--Provided by publisher.


Jack Always Seeks His Fortune

Jack Always Seeks His Fortune

Author: Donald Davis

Publisher: August House Publishers

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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While growing up in the mountains of western North Carolina, Davis heard stories that most American children never heard--stories that came to America through Scotch-Irish immigrants about Jack, a universal figure who is found in nearly every culture by various names. Davis was a featured storyteller at SEBA last year and at ALA this summer.


Southern Jack Tales

Southern Jack Tales

Author: Donald Davis

Publisher: august house

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780874835007

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A collection of thirteen Jack tales from the southern Appalachian Mountains, including "The Time Jack Told a Big Tale," "The Time Jack Cured the Doctor," and "The Time Jack Stole the Cows."


Mountain Jack Tales

Mountain Jack Tales

Author: Gail E. Haley

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2015-03-29

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 9781511515511

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Jack is the universal folk hero and adventurer. Tales of Jack's adventures are as timeless as bedrock but as fresh as dawn in the Appalachian Mountains. Whether besting ogres, outsmarting flatland card sharps, wrestling with ornery witches, or even taking on Old Man Death himself, the plainspoken hero's common sense, goodness and hill-country humor help him come out on top every time. "In a lucid, vibrant voice, Caldecott Medalist Haley recounts stories that originate in the rugged North Carolina Mountain country ... Haley's use of metaphor, hyperbole and dialect captures the playful spirit of mountain lore. Her emotive, elaborate wood engravings, as well as her afterwords about the stories, the art and language itself, enrich this boyant anthology." -Publishers Weekly Haley's "spirited retellings are salted with backwoods language ... and illustrated with wood engravings that are full of energy, comedy and magical creatures." -Kirkus Reviews


Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Two

Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Two

Author: Jack Townsend

Publisher: Jack Townsend

Published:

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13:

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Nightshift clerk and high-functioning insomniac Jack is back to work, trying his best to keep out of trouble. But when his chain-smoking coworker discovers a mysterious radio signal revealing the guarded secrets of their town, Jack will learn that an annoying new dayshift manager is far from the worst of his problems. In this second installment of the Gas Station saga, Jack finds himself entangled in his most harrowing adventure yet. With the newest crew of coworkers along for the ride and the resident psychopath out for his blood, our hero(?) must navigate the drama of small-town murder conspiracies, vigilante justice, and demonic summoning rituals...whether he wants to or not.


Jack

Jack

Author: Liesl Shurtliff

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0385755791

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Relates the tale of Jack who, after trading his mother's milk cow for magic beans, climbs a beanstalk to seek his missing father in the land of giants.


Jack's Tale

Jack's Tale

Author: Ellen Stoll Walsh

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780152003234

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An author begins to write a fairy tale and finds that the main character, Jack, must be convinced to participate in the story and help rescue the princess.