[PDF] American Folktales From The Collections Of The Library Of Congress eBook

Author : Carl Lindahl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 793 pages
File Size : 11,9 MB
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1317477235

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This two-volume collection of folktales represents some of the finest examples of American oral tradition. Drawn from the largest archive of American folk culture, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, this set comprises magic tales, legends, jokes, tall tales and personal narratives, many of which have never been transcribed before, much less published, in a sweeping survey. Eminent folklorist and award-winning author Carl Lindahl selected and transcribed over 200 recording sessions - many from the 1920s and 1930s - that span the 20th century, including recent material drawn from the September 11 Project. Included in this varied collection are over 200 tales organized in chapters by storyteller, tale type or region, and representing diverse American cultures, from Appalachia and the Midwest to Native American and Latino traditions. Each chapter begins by discussing the storytellers and their oral traditions before presenting and introducing each tale, making this collection accessible to high school students, general readers or scholars.

Author : Carl Lindahl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 703 pages
File Size : 46,7 MB
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1317477227

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This two-volume collection of folktales represents some of the finest examples of American oral tradition. Drawn from the largest archive of American folk culture, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, this set comprises magic tales, legends, jokes, tall tales and personal narratives, many of which have never been transcribed before, much less published, in a sweeping survey. Eminent folklorist and award-winning author Carl Lindahl selected and transcribed over 200 recording sessions - many from the 1920s and 1930s - that span the 20th century, including recent material drawn from the September 11 Project. Included in this varied collection are over 200 tales organized in chapters by storyteller, tale type or region, and representing diverse American cultures, from Appalachia and the Midwest to Native American and Latino traditions. Each chapter begins by discussing the storytellers and their oral traditions before presenting and introducing each tale, making this collection accessible to high school students, general readers or scholars.

Author : Julia Darrow Cowles
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,13 MB
Release : 2023-03-25
Category :
ISBN :

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Indian Nature Myths is a classic collection of Native American nature stories by Julia Darrow Cowles. The stories of this book have been chosen for the purpose of showing how the early Red Men accounted for the phenomena of nature-the presence of the birds, the moaning of the wind, the whispering of the leaves. The nature myths of the North American Indian are full of poetry, and occasionally of a rich humor. In retelling the stories for children the author has sought to retain the original spirit of the tales, and through them to give to the reader a better understanding of the inner life and thought of the primitive Red Man at his best. The tales have been gathered from many sources, and are representative of many tribes. It is well known that the same tale in varying form is told among many different tribes, just as the folk tales have been carried in early times from one nation to another and are variously accredited. It is not always possible to determine the original source.

Author : Aesop
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 24,77 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781853261282

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A collection of animal fables told by the Greek slave Aesop.

Author : American Folklife Center
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 21,22 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Folklore
ISBN :

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Accompanying CD includes music and spoken word from the Archive of Folk Culture. Full track listing and production credits on p. 80-84.