Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America

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Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 234
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ISBN-10 : 9780195117844
ISBN-13 : 0195117840
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Book Synopsis Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America by : David Adams Leeming

Book excerpt: Presents 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.


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