Sweet land of story : thirty-six American tales to tell
Title:
Sweet land of story : thirty-six American tales to tell
Author:
DeSpain, Pleasant.
Publication Information:
Little Rock [Ark.] : August House Publishers, 2000.
Physical Description:
176 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary:
Thirty-six true, tall, and traditional tales, primarily from the nineteenth century or earlier, selected by a professional storyteller and divided by the region of the United States from which they originated.
Language:
English
Contents:
Chicken-coop jail (Massachusetts) -- Amazingly long time (New York) -- Agnes and Henry, a love story (Massachusetts) -- Legend of Peter Rugg (New England) -- Dutchman's Inn (Pennsylvania) -- Pulling the rope (Conn.) -- Ghost dog (Virginia) -- Poor Tail-eee-poe (Kentucky) -- Caleb's wild ride (Virgina) -- Old Joe and the carpenter (North Carolina) -- Sam Davis and the hangman's noose (Tenn.) -- Big, smelly, hairy toe (North Carolina) -- Pecos Bill (Texas) -- Bluebonnet (Comanche/Texas) -- Salting the pudding (Alabama) -- Strongest of all (Louisiana) -- Sam Bass (Texas) -- Haint that roared (Alabama) -- Jack and the bogey man (Texas) -- What gold? (Kansas) -- What you wish for (Ojibwa/Michigan) -- Saint Johnny of the apple orchards (Ohio) -- Calamity Jane (South Dakota) -- Jesse James saves the day (Missouri) -- Buffalo Bill Cody and the bandits (Rocky Mountains) -- Not even a Saint (New Mexico) -- Devil's tower (Arapaho/Wyoming) -- Mountain man and the grizzlies (Colorado) -- Shoot-out in Benson (Arizona) -- La Escalara Famosa / The famous stair (New Mexico) -- Scarface (Blackfoot/Northern Rockies) -- His mother tongue (Calif.) -- Pu-nia and the Shark King (Hawaii) -- Paul Bunyan makes progess (Pacific northwest) -- Why animals have no fire (Couer d'Alene/Idaho) -- Eagle Island (Tlingit/Alaska).
Reading Level:
690 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.7 4.0 60010.
ISBN:
9780874835694
9780874836004
Format :
Book
