Adirondack Tall Tales

Author : Helen Escha Tyler
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 1615791124
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adirondack Tall Tales written by Helen Escha Tyler and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Martha looked through her mother's notes and also reflected on her own life, she realized there were other unfinished books about the Adirondacks. For example, she has written An Adirondack Scotch Pine Love Story and, in conjunction with her husband, a biography of Tom Norman, a well known farmer and entrepreneur in the North Country. This book of Adirondack Tall Tales is derived mostly from Helen Tyler's previous books, but there are two stories that have not appeared in earlier works. Martha added a discussion of folk tales and tall tales. She also added a brief multi-cultural comparison of a folk tale from Africa to show the difference between tall and folk tales. MARTHA TYLER JOHN Helen Escha Tyler (1892-1986) lived in the Adirondacks nearly 95 years and wrote several books about the Adirondacks. Martha Tyler John, was born in Saranac Lake, New York, and returned to the Adirondacks frequently. After receiving her doctorate from Stanford University, she enjoyed a lengthy career as a professor and university administrator. She wrote dozens of books and articles and also edited her mother's last book, a biography of Paul Smith, that was published by North Country Books.

Author : Francis Betters
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780961643966
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adirondack Tall Tales and Short Stories written by Francis Betters and published by . This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edith E. Cutting
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501723650
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lore of an Adirondack County written by Edith E. Cutting and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My family lives in the Adirondacks, a section of New York State that has been favorable to the preservation of folklore. With a common background in England and America for life in a small community, we have kept alive many old tales, songs, sayings, and superstitions, which have always had a sort of fascination for us even though, when quoting some belief, we often qualified it with the remark, 'Of course, I don't believe that sort of thing.'"—from Lore of an Adirondack County Collecting songs, stories, and sayings passed down in her family—and in those of their friends and neighbors in Essex County, New York—Edith E. Cutting provides an invaluable compilation of Adirondack folklore, from lumberjack songs to tall tales about drinking, hunting, and French Canadians. Also included are legends about hidden treasure, weather lore, stories about ghosts and witches, recollections of folk medicines and children's games, and popular songs and ballads. Originally published by Cornell University Press in 1944, Lore of an Adirondack County remains a fresh and charming account of the folkways of New York State, showing how a single Adirondack family, aided by willing neighbors, 'yarned' and sang in the hills above Lake Champlain.

Author : Joseph Bruchac
Publisher : North Country Books
ISBN 13 : 9780925168733
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adirondack Tall Tales written by Joseph Bruchac and published by North Country Books. This book was released on 1999-06-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joseph Bruchac
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hoop Snakes, Hide Behinds, and Side-hill Winders written by Joseph Bruchac and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, and the Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, these are American folktales for everyone's enjoyment and amusement. Outrageous events pile up faster than mosquitoes can carry off cows.

Author : Charles Brumley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ripples from the Paddle written by Charles Brumley and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Henry Harrison Murray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.9B/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adirondack Tales written by William Henry Harrison Murray and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lettie Petrie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780971163850
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adirondack Fairy Tales written by Lettie Petrie and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These read-aloud stories for children bring Adirondack animals to life! The seven different tales feature main characters such as Buffy the snowshoe rabbit, Marshmallow the bear, Bob the chipmunk, and Dudley the duck. Each takes us through a charming woodland adventure. A pleasurable book to share with your children at bedtime or at camp!

Author : Jane B. Mason
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780439291545
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paul Bunyan and Other Tall Tales written by Jane B. Mason and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of stories includes amazing and funny stories about American legends Paul Bunyan, Sal Fink, Stormalong, Bess Call, John Henry, Annie Oakley, and Johnny Appleseed.

Author : Vaughn Ward
Publisher : Bowman/Greenfield
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Always Tell the Truth written by Vaughn Ward and published by Bowman/Greenfield. This book was released on 1990 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction. "Paul Bunyan, Mike Fink, and Pecos Bill, move over. This collection of tall tales from the Adirondack Liars' Club presents a new, fresh view of American folklore. A delightful collection of tall tales, puns, and outrageous stories. Ward's introduction connects the social custom of telling lies in the Adirondack lumber camps with the older traditions of storytelling and bragging in cultures as old as ancient Greece and Rome. Highly entertaining in themselves, the techniques reflected in the stories include puns, illogical sequences of events, outright lies, and tall tales on the order of Paul Bunyan. Recommended for folktale, anthropology, and history collections"-Booklist.